Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
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Interpretation
Many think the bitterness of death is past when it is not gone by; they put that evil day far from them, which is very near. Samuel calls Agag to account for his own sins.
Glossary
- Samuel Person
- Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20 .
- Amalek Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Agag Person
- Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian. (1. ) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam ( Num. 24:7 ). He lived at the time of the Exodus.