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Agag in the Bible.

Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice, to be brought out and cut in pieces. The King James Version names Agag in 5 verses, from 1 Samuel 15:8 to 1 Samuel 15:33. The King James Version also gives the name Agag to 1 other person, listed on this page.

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Agag’s own words.

Agag speaks in 1 verse of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel.

His first words in the Bible
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel 15:32 ›

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Who Agag was.

Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice (Judg. 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1 Sam. 15:8-33. Comp. Ex. 17:11; Num. 14:45).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Agag’s story.

  • Amaleknamed with him in 3 verses
  • Gilgalnamed with him in 1 verse

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 5 verses that name this Agag.

1 Samuel 5

  • 1 Samuel 15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
  • 1 Samuel 15:9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
  • 1 Samuel 15:20And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
  • 1 Samuel 15:32Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
  • 1 Samuel 15:33And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

Other people called Agag.

Agag, a king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam.

Named in 1 verse.

  • Numbers 24:7He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

Questions about Agag.

Who was Agag in the Bible?

Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice, to be brought out and cut in pieces. The King James Version names Agag in 5 verses, from 1 Samuel 15:8 to 1 Samuel 15:33.

Where does Agag speak in the Bible?

In 1 verse of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel. His first words are in 1 Samuel 15:32.

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