1 Samuel 15:32-35
Christian Standard Bible
32 Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.”
Agag came to him trembling,[a] for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”[b][c]
33 Samuel declared:
As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.(A)
Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Samuel went to Ramah,(B) and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(C) of Saul. 35 Even to the day of his death, Samuel never saw Saul again.(D) Samuel mourned for Saul,(E) and the Lord regretted he had made Saul king over Israel.
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1 Samuel 15:32-35
Lexham English Bible
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of Amalek out to me!” Agag came to him confidently,[a] for Agag thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is over.”[b]
33 Samuel said,
“Just as your sword bereaved women,
so will your mother be bereaved among women!”
Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces in the presence of Yahweh at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. 35 Samuel did not see Saul again[c] until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned over Saul, and Yahweh regretted that he made Saul king over Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 Or “trembling”; literally “in chains/bonds” (HALOT 609 s.v. 2); the meaning here is uncertain (LXX has “trembling”)
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Literally “has turned aside”; other English versions follow the LXX and Peshitta and omit “has turned aside,” reading “Surely the bitterness of death!”
- 1 Samuel 15:35 Literally “did not add to see Saul”
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