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30 Saul replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the elders of my people and in front of Israel. Come back with me so I can worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with Saul. And Saul worshiped the Lord.

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.”

Agag was in chains when he came to Samuel. Agag thought, “The time for me to be put to death must have passed by now.”

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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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.