| Easton's Bible Dictionary Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Numbers 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus. (2.) Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice (Judges 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1 Samuel 15:8-33. Comp. Exodus 17:11; Numbers 14:45). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AGAG a'-gag ('aghagh, or 'aghagh, meaning unknown, possibly "violent," BDB): A name, or title, applied to the king of the Amalekites, like Abimelech in Philistia and Pharaoh in Egypt. It is used of two of these kings:
(1) A king of Amalek, mentioned by Balaam (Numbers 24:7) in his blessing of Israel;
(2) A later king, in the days of King Saul (1 Samuel 15). Saul was sent with his army to destroy the Amalekites, who had so violently opposed Israel in the Wilderness. He disregarded the Divine command, sparing the best of the spoil, and saving Agag the king alive (1 Samuel 15:8, 9). After rebuking Saul, Samuel had Agag put to death for all the atrocities committed by himself and his nation (1 Samuel 15:32, 33).
Edward Mack |  | Multi-Version Concordance Agag (6 Occurrences) Numbers 24:7 Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Samuel 15:8 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Samuel 15:20 Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Samuel 15:32 Then said Samuel, "Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!" Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Samuel 15:33 Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!" Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) |