1st Samuel Chapter 15 verse 8 Holy Bible
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.
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And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - He took Agag. This was the official name of the Amalekite kings (see Numbers 24:7), as Pharaoh was that of the kings of Egypt. For its meaning we must wait till we know more about the language of this race. Agag, however, from ver. 32, seems to have been able to speak Hebrew. He utterly destroyed - i.e. put under the ban - all the people. They appear, however, again in 1 Samuel 27:8, and with so vast a wilderness in which to take refuge, it would be impossible really to exterminate a people used to lead a wandering life. Moreover, as soon as Israel began to lay hands on the spoil the pursuit would flag, as the cattle would be killed by over driving.