Smote the Amalekites. — Out of the many wars the king waged, this war with Amalek is singled out, for in the new development of Hebrew power by which Saul’s reign was marked this campaign or series of campaigns was especially prominent. This war is related with some detail in the next chapter, but it is there introduced on account of other considerations. The English translators in their rendering, “he gathered an host,” have followed the Syriac and Vulg.; the marginal translation, “he wrought mightily,” is the more accurate.
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1 Samuel 14:48
48 And he gatheredl an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.