1 Samuel 15:33

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

And 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.

Literal

And Samuel said, “As your sword has made childless women, so Your mother shall be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked to pieces Agag before the face of YHWH in Gilgal.

Latin

Et ait Samuel: Sicut fecit absque liberis mulieres gladius tuus, sic absque liberis erit inter mulieres mater tua. Et in frustra concidit eum Samuel coram Domino in Galgalis.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

1 Samuel 15:1–35

After Saul disobeyed God by not completely destroying the Amalekites, God rejected him more strongly than before (see 1 Samuel 13:8–14).

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel Saul The Amalekites David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

Judges 1:7
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Revelation 18:6
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
Numbers 25:7–8
On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
Exodus 17:11
As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
1 Kings 18:40
Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

People

Agag: Amalekite king captured and killed by Samuel Samuel: Prophet and last judge of Israel before the kings

Places

Gilgal: A significant site during Israel's early history in Canaan

Glossary

Agag Amalek, Amalekites Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Agag: A King of the Amalekites, Taken Prisoner by Saul, and Killed by Samuel Amalekites: Defeated by Saul Captive: Cruelty to Putting to Death Church and State: Ecclesiastical Power Superior to Civil: Reproves Rulers Courage: Personal Bravery: Agag, in the Indifference with Which he Faced Death Gilgal: Agag, King of the Amalekites, Slain At, by Samuel Prisoners of War: Put to Death Punishments: Capital Kinds of Slaying with the Sword Religious Zeal in Punishing Evil People: Samuel Reproof: Faithfulness in Samuel, of Saul Rulers: Wicked: Saul, Sparing Agag and the Best of the Booty The Amalekites: Agag, King of, Slain by Samuel The Amalekites: Character of Warlike and Cruel The Sword was Used by Heathen Nations The Sword was Used for Punishing Criminals

1 Samuel 15:33

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