1 Samuel 15:30-32

Contemporary English Version

³⁰Saul said, “I did sin, but please honor me in front of the leaders of the army and the people of Israel. Come back with me, so I can worship the Lord your God.”

³¹Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the Lord. ³²Then Samuel shouted, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek!”

Agag came in chains,^[a] and he was saying to himself, “Surely they won't kill me now.”^[b]

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Footnotes

15.32 in chains: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
15.32 Surely … now: Hebrew; one ancient translation “It would have been better to die in battle!”