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30 “I’ve sinned,” Saul[a] said. “But please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me so I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 Samuel returned, following Saul, and Saul worshipped the Lord.

Samuel Executes King Agag

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of Amalek to me.”

Agag came to him in fetters, saying to himself,[b] “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:30 Lit. He
  2. 1 Samuel 15:32 The Heb. lacks to himself

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.”

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