Agag

[ ey-gag ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) an Amalekite king who was captured and spared by Saul but later killed by Samuel.

Example Sentences

Here was the "city" of tents of which Agag was shêkh, and which the troops of the Israelitish king burnt and spoiled.

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He was seldom much moved by them, and he pursued them without haste or flurry, treading delicately like Agag of old.

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So he hewed it in pieces before the altar, as Samuel hewed Agag.

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King Saul obeyed the injunction, save that he spared the life of Agag, the Amalekite king, and some of the finest animals.

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Then we are told that the prophet Samuel rebuked Saul and "hewed Agag in pieces with his own hand."

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