1 Samuel 15:32-35
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32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” And Agag came to him haltingly.[a] Agag said, “Surely death is bitter.”[b] 33 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.(A)
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul.(B) 35 Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel.(C)
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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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