Person
Agag
King of Amalek, spared by Saul against the express command — the partial obedience that cost Saul the kingdom; hewed in pieces before Jehovah by Samuel at Gilgal.
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Biography
Key Data
- Era
- Early monarchy
- Titles
- King of Amalek
- Tags
- 1-samuel · amalek
Agag in Scripture
6 verses use this name, in 2 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Agag.
First namedNumbers 24:7Water 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.Last named1 Samuel 15:33But 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.
Old Testament2 books · 6 mentions
Numbers1 mention
1 Samuel5 mentions
- 1 Samuel 15:8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- 1 Samuel 15:9Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
- 1 Samuel 15:20“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
- 1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
- 1 Samuel 15:33But 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.
Named alongside
Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Numbers 24 and 1 Samuel 15. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.
SamuelAsked of God by Hannah and lent to the LORD at Shiloh; the last judge and first of the prophets after Moses, who anoint…1 Samuel 15:1Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
SaulIsrael's first king, head and shoulders above the people; began in humility, ended in rejection — sparing what God devo…1 Samuel 15:1Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
BalakKing of Moab who hired Balaam against the camp on his border and got four blessings and a prophecy of his own destroyer…Numbers 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
JacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.Numbers 24:5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
Studies in the same chapters
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