30 Then he said, I have sinned: but honor me, I pray thee, before the Elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

31 ¶ So Samuel turned again, and followed Saul: and Saul worshipped the Lord.

32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites: and Agag came unto him [a]pleasantly, and Agag said, Truly the [b]bitterness of death is passed.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:32 Or, in bonds.
  2. 1 Samuel 15:32 He suspected nothing less than death, or as some write, he passed not for death.

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.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.