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1 Samuel 15:31-33
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 15:31-33
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
31 So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” And Agag came to him haltingly.[a] Agag said, “Surely this is the bitterness of death.”[b] 33 But Samuel said,
“As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother shall be childless among women.”
And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Q Ms Gk: MT Surely the bitterness of death is past
1 Samuel 15:31-33
New International Version
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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