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Agag

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A king of the Amalekites

  • Numbers 24:7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

2. A king of the Amalekites, taken prisoner by Saul, and killed by Samuel

  • 1 Samuel 15:8 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
  • 1 Samuel 15:33 But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “agag” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.