1 Samuel 15:32

15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

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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Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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.

Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

15:33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

What does 1 Samuel 15:32 mean?

1 Samuel 15:32 is a verse in the book of 1 Samuel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), שְׁמוּאֵל (Shᵉmûwʼêl), נָגַשׁ (nâgash). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Then

saidאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

Samuel,שְׁמוּאֵלShᵉmûwʼêl/sehm-oo-ale'/H8050Shemuel, the name of three Israelites

Bring

hitherנָגַשׁnâgash/naw-gash'/H5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back

AgagאֲגַגʼĂgag/ag-ag'/H90Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings

the

kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king

the

Amalekites.עֲמָלֵקʻĂmâlêq/am-aw-lake'/H6002Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country

And

AgagאֲגַגʼĂgag/ag-ag'/H90Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings

cameיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

unto

him

delicately.מַעֲדָןmaʻădân/mah-ad-awn'/H4574a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)

And

AgagאֲגַגʼĂgag/ag-ag'/H90Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings

said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

Surelyאָכֵןʼâkên/aw-kane'/H403firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but

the

bitternessמַרmar/mar/H4751bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

deathמָוֶתmâveth/maw'-veth/H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

past.סוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)

Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:32

HENRY_FULL · 1 Samuel 15:32

Sam.10" We left Samuel and Saul walking together, probably some private way over the fields down from Ramah, perhaps in the paths of the vineyards, and Saul expecting to hear from Samuel the word of God. Now here we have, I. The anointing of Saul then and there, ver. 1 . The signs Samuel gave him, ver. 2-6 . And instructions, ver. 7-8 . II. The accomplishment of those signs to the satisfaction of Saul, ver. 9-13 . III. His return to his father's house, ver. 14-16 . IV. His public election by lot, and solemn inauguration, ver. 17-25 . V. His return to his own city, ver. 26, 27 . It is a great work that is here a doing, the setting up not only of a monarch, but of monarchy itself, in Israel; and therefore in all the advances towards it much of God is seen.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Joshua 18:28

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

1 Samuel 9:3

And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

1 Samuel 15:16

Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

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Amalekites, the

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Samuel 15:32.

1 Samuel 15:20

And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:8

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Genesis 26:1

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 49:20

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Frequently asked questions

What does 1 Samuel 15:32 say?

1 Samuel 15:32 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is 1 Samuel 15:32 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Samuel 15:32 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Samuel.

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