1. Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one whom the Lord sent to anoint you king of his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord Almighty says.
2. He is going to punish the people of Amalek because their ancestors opposed the Israelites when they were coming from Egypt.
3. Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.”
4. Saul called his forces together and inspected them at Telem: there were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 from Judah.
5. Then he and his men went to the city of Amalek and waited in ambush in a dry riverbed.