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1 Samuel 15:30-32
Lexham English Bible
1 Samuel 15:30-32
Lexham English Bible
30 Then he[a] said, “I have sinned! Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me so that I can worship[b] Yahweh your God.” 31 So Samuel returned after Saul, and Saul worshiped[c] Yahweh.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of Amalek out to me!” Agag came to him confidently,[d] for Agag thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is over.”[e]
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- 1 Samuel 15:30 That is, Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:30 Literally “so that I can bow down to”
- 1 Samuel 15:31 Literally “bowed down to”
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Or “trembling”; literally “in chains/bonds” (HALOT 609 s.v. 2); the meaning here is uncertain (LXX has “trembling”)
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Literally “has turned aside”; other English versions follow the LXX and Peshitta and omit “has turned aside,” reading “Surely the bitterness of death!”
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