1st Samuel Chapter 15 verse 7 Holy Bible
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
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And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
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And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.
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And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
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And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
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Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
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And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which `is' on the front of Egypt,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - From Havilah until thou comest to Shur. Hebrew, "from Havilah as thou goest towards Shur." It seems impossible that this Havilah can be the northwestern portion of Yemen, called Chawlan, and identified with the Havilah of Genesis 10:7, 29, as this would make Saul smite them from southeast to northwest. Shur, which means wall, is, as Wellhausen (Text 1 samuel 9:7) observes, originally the name of the wall which ran from Pelusium past Migdol to Hero, and which gave to Egypt, as Ebers thinks, its name Mizraim, the enclosed or fortified. Shur is again mentioned in 1 Samuel 27:8 as indicating the direction towards Egypt of the region occupied by the Amalekites. Havilah, which means circle, must have been some spot on the route to the isthmus of Suez, lying on the edge of the wilderness to the south of Judah, where Saul commenced his foray. Beginning thus upon the borders of Judaea, Saul continued his devastations up to the limits of Egypt.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) From Havilah until thou comest to Shur.--The Havilah here alluded to cannot be now identified. Shur, which signifies "wall," probably refers to the wall which crossed the north-east frontier of Egypt, extending from Pelusium, past Migdol, to Hevo. Ebers suggests that this wall gave to Egypt the name of "Mizraini," the enclosed, or fortified.
