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Agag:
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.
(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 (Jdg 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1Sa 15:8-33. Comp. Ex. 17:11; Num 14:45).
Agag:
roof; upper floor
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 (Nu 24:7) in his blessing of Israel;
(2) A later king, in the days of King Saul (1Sa 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 (1Sa 15:8,9). After rebuking Saul, Samuel had Agag put to death for all the atrocities committed by himself and his nation (1Sa 15:32,33).
Written by Edward Mack
Agag:
(flame) possibly the title of the kings of Amalek, like Pharaoh of Egypt. One king of this name is mentioned in Numbers 24:7 and another in 1 Samuel 15:8, 9, 20, 32. The latter was the king of the Amalekites, whom Saul spared contrary to Jehovah's well‐known will (Exodus 17:14; 25:17). For this act of disobedience Samuel was commissioned to declare to Saul his rejection, and he himself sent for Agag and cut him in pieces. (B.C. about 1070) SEE [SAMUEL]. Haman is called the AGAGITE in Esther 3:1; 3:10; 8:3; 8:5. The Jews consider him a descendant of Agag the Amalekite.
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