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Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
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God Remembers Kindness
Commentators emphasize that God's command to spare the Kenites demonstrates His long memory for both good and evil. Just as He remembered the sin of the Amalekites from generations prior, He also remembered the kindness the Kenites' ancestors (the family of Moses' father-in-law, Jethro) showed to Israel. This contrast highlights God's perfect justice and faithfulness.
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19th Century
Anglican
And Saul said to the Kenites. —The Kenites, like the Amalekites, were a nomad race of Arabs, but seem to have been always…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Saul said unto the Kenites Who were of the posterity of Jethro the father-in-law of Moses, or related to him; wh…
Presbyterian
The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had been issued long before (Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 25:19), but they…
