1 Samuel 15:31-33
Legacy Standard Bible
31 So Samuel returned, following after Saul, and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag near to me, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him [a]in chains. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has departed.” 33 But Samuel said, “(A)As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 Or cheerfully
1 Samuel 15:31-33
New International Version
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.”
33 But Samuel said,
“As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women.”(A)
And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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