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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 15.32 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 15.32 Gk Syr OL: Heb Surely the bitterness of death is past