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Strategic Military Action
Commentators explain that Saul was not just at 'a' city, but likely the main city or capital of the Amalekites. He positioned his army in a 'valley,' which scholars suggest was a dry riverbed (a 'wady'). This was a strategic military move, setting up an ambush or preparing for a direct confrontation.
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1 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 15:5
19th Century
Bishop
A city of Amalek. —Better rendered, The city of Amalek: no doubt, their principal place of arms.
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 15:5
17th Century
Pastor
And Saul came to a city of Amalek With his army, perhaps the nearest city of it to the land of Israel; though some think that Amale…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 15:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had been issued long before (Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 25:19), but they…