1 Samuel 15:8

Saul’s Disobedience · 1 Samuel 15:1–9
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Translations

Modern
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
Traditional
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Literal
And He took Agag king of the Amalekite alive, and all the people he devoted to destruction with the mouth of the sword.
Latin
Et apprehendit Agag regem Amalec vivum: omne autem vulgus interfecit in ore gladii.

Original

Hebrew
English
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

Notes

Agag was likely a descendant of an earlier king with the same name (see Numbers 24:7; compare Esther 3:1).

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

Events

People

Agag: Amalekite king captured and killed by Samuel

Places

Amalek: A nomadic people, descendants of Esau, enemies of Israel

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 Agency in Executing Judgments Amalekites: Defeated by Saul Covetousness: Saul, in Sparing, Agag and the Booty Falsehood: Saul Gilgal: An Altar Built At, and Sacrifice offered Repentance: Saul, at the Rebuke of Samuel for not Destroying the Amalekites Retaliation: The Israelites on the Amalekites Rulers: Wicked: Saul, Sparing Agag and the Best of the Booty The Amalekites: Saul: Massacred War of Extermination