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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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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 1 Samuel 15:6

19th Century

Bishop

And Saul said to the Kenites. —The Kenites, like the Amalekites, were a nomad race of Arabs, but seem to have been always…

John Gill

John Gill

On 1 Samuel 15:6

17th Century

Pastor

And Saul said unto the Kenites
Who were of the posterity of Jethro the father-in-law of Moses, or related to him; wh…

Matthew Henry

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…

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