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1 Samuel 15:30-32
Good News Translation
1 Samuel 15:30-32
Good News Translation
30 “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “But at least show me respect in front of the leaders of my people and all of Israel. Go back with me so that I can worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with him, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 “Bring King Agag here to me,” Samuel ordered. Agag came to him, trembling with fear, thinking to himself, “What a bitter thing it is to die!”[a]
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 trembling with fear … die; or confidently, thinking to himself, “Surely the bitter danger of death is past!”
1 Samuel 15:30-32
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:30-32
New International Version
30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(A) But please honor(B) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”
Agag came to him in chains.[a] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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