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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
32 Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king 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 again visited Saul.(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 Hb obscure
- 1 Samuel 15:32 LXX reads Is death bitter in this way?
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Lit turned
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