”So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley. Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, get 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.“
I Samuel 15:4-6 NKJV
a. So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them: Saul was certainly a capable military leader. He could gather and organize a large army. He also knew how to time his attack properly, and he lay in wait in the valley.
b. Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart”: Here, Saul shows wisdom and mercy in letting the Kenites go. God’s judgment was not upon them, so he did not want to destroy them with the Amalekites. (Guzik)
“Go, depart”
But who were the Kenites?
Moses’s father in law was a Kenite (Judges 1:16), Moses eventually wed one of them, a woman named Zipporah (Exodus 2:16–21) and thus married into the Kenite tribe.
(Gotquestions.org)
”And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.“ Exodus 18:1 NKJV
”Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.“ Exodus 18:12 NKJV
I am reminded of a promise to Abram, ”I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”“
Genesis 12:3 NKJV
God remembers those who bless the Israelites.
Blessings
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