Saul’s campaign against Amalek

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Saul’s campaign against Amalek was the biblical military expedition in which King Saul attacked the Amalekites but lost God’s favor by disobeying the divine command to completely destroy them and their possessions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
describedIn 1 Samuel 15 ⓘ
linked to: 1 Samuel
followedBy Samuel executing Agag ⓘ
Samuel’s pronouncement of divine rejection of Saul ⓘ
confrontation between Samuel and Saul ⓘ
hasCanonicalContext Former Prophets ⓘ
linked to: Prophets
hasConsequenceFor Saul’s dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Saul

transfer of kingship to David ⓘ
hasDivineCommander Yahweh ⓘ
linked to: Adonai
hasDivineEvaluation rejected by God ⓘ
hasEthicalIssue herem (ban of total destruction) ⓘ
hasGenre historical narrative ⓘ
hasKeyFigure King Agag ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ
Prophet Samuel ⓘ
hasKeyVerse 1 Samuel 15:22 ⓘ
hasLanguageOfPrimaryText Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
hasLeader King Saul ⓘ
hasLocation region of Amalek ⓘ
hasMoralEvaluation disobedient ⓘ
hasMotive fulfillment of earlier divine judgment on Amalek ⓘ
hasOpponent Amalekites ⓘ
hasPrimaryCommand to completely destroy Amalek ⓘ
to destroy all Amalekite possessions ⓘ
hasPropheticMediator Samuel ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
hasScripturalTradition Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
hasTheologicalTheme divine kingship over human kingship ⓘ
obedience versus sacrifice ⓘ
hasTimeFrame period of early Israelite monarchy ⓘ
includesAction destroying what was despised and weak ⓘ
sparing King Agag ⓘ
sparing the best livestock ⓘ
includesCommandToDestroy camels ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
children ⓘ
donkeys ⓘ
infants ⓘ
men ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
women ⓘ
isPartOf Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
narrative of Saul’s reign ⓘ
precedes anointing of David as king ⓘ
resultsIn Saul’s disobedience to divine command ⓘ
military victory over Amalekites ⓘ
rejection of Saul as king by God ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amalekites → notableEvent → Saul’s campaign against Amalek ⓘ
Ziklag area → biblicalEvent → Amalekite raid and burning of Ziklag ⓘ
linked to: Saul’s campaign against Amalek
Agag → associatedWith → Amalekite–Israelite conflict ⓘ
linked to: Saul’s campaign against Amalek
King Agag → associatedWith → Amalekite wars ⓘ
linked to: Saul’s campaign against Amalek