I found some strange passage in the Bible:
1Sa 15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
1Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***.
Isn't that a bit violent, to kill the women and children. God is a fair God, so of course he would punish the Amalek people. But would God ask Saul to kill the innocent infants and toddlers? Is the answear:
1: The 1st verse is the word of God (as Samuel says) and the second verse is Samuels own opinion on what he thinks Saul should do about it?
2: Or does Samuel indeed mean that both verses is what God said to him? 3: Or is Samuel a false profet? (unlikely IMHO)
Please help
Also these passages indicates that God uses evil spirits:
Judges 9:23 -- "Jud 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:"
1 Samuel 16:14 -- "1Sa 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him."
1Sa 15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
1Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***.
Isn't that a bit violent, to kill the women and children. God is a fair God, so of course he would punish the Amalek people. But would God ask Saul to kill the innocent infants and toddlers? Is the answear:
1: The 1st verse is the word of God (as Samuel says) and the second verse is Samuels own opinion on what he thinks Saul should do about it?
2: Or does Samuel indeed mean that both verses is what God said to him? 3: Or is Samuel a false profet? (unlikely IMHO)
Please help
Also these passages indicates that God uses evil spirits:
Judges 9:23 -- "Jud 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:"
1 Samuel 16:14 -- "1Sa 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him."