The district described here would stretch from Havilah on the far east to Shur, which is either near Suez or further north on the coastal road from…

From Havilah until you come to Shur. —The Havilah here alluded to cannot be now identified. Shur, which signifies “wall,”…

And Saul smote the Amalekites
Engaging in battle with them, he overcame them, and beat them, and slew great numbers …

The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had been issued long before (Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 25:19), but they…