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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!”
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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