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33 Samuel said, “As your sword has made many mothers childless, so now your mother will become childless.” And he cut Agag to pieces in front of the altar in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, and King Saul went home to Gibeah. 35 As long as Samuel lived, he never again saw the king; but he grieved over him. The Lord was sorry that he had made Saul king of Israel.

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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.

34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(B) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(C) of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel(D) died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned(E) for him. And the Lord regretted(F) that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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