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.