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1 Samuel 15:32-34
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Samuel 15:32-34
GOD’S WORD Translation
32 “Bring me King Agag of Amalek,” Samuel said.
Agag came to him trembling.[a] “Surely, the bitterness of death is past,” Agag said.
33 But Samuel said, “As your sword made women childless, so your mother will be made childless among women.” And Samuel cut Agag in pieces in the presence of the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went to his home at Gibeah.
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- 15:32 Or “Agag came to him in shackles.”
1 Samuel 15:32-34
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:32-34
New International Version
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.
34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(B) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(C) of Saul.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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