1 Samuel 15:6

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

Cross-reference

Genesis 18:25 states the principle of not destroying the righteous with the wicked, which Saul applies by sparing the Kenites.

Numbers 10:29–32 Historical context

Numbers 10:29-32 shows Moses inviting Hobab the Kenite—the very relationship Saul later honors by sparing them.

Numbers 16:26 commands separation from wicked men to avoid judgment, directly analogous to Saul's warning to the Kenites.

Judges 1:16 Historical context

Judges 1:16 traces the Kenites' lineage to Moses' father-in-law, explaining their historic kindness to Israel.

Joshua 6:17 Parallel

Joshua 6:17 spares Rahab for helping Israel—just as Saul spares the Kenites for their kindness. Both non-Israelites saved.

Genesis 19:12-16 describes Lot's separation from doomed Sodom, mirroring the Kenites' separation from Amalek.

Judges 5:24 Parallel

Judges 5:24 blesses Jael the Kenite, another example of a Kenite aiding Israel as in 1 Samuel 15:6.

1 Chronicles 2:55 Historical context

1 Chronicles 2:55 details Kenite clans, providing genealogical context for the tribe spared in 1 Samuel 15:6.