1 Samuel 15:31-33

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³¹So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshiped the Lord.

³²Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” And Agag came to him haltingly.^[a] Agag said, “Surely this is the bitterness of death.”^[b] ³³But 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.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 15:32 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 15:32 Q Ms Gk: MT Surely the bitterness of death is past

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