Agag king of Amalek
♂United kingdom
Description
Amalekite king whom Saul spared in violation of the herem command, prompting Samuel's denunciation of Saul's kingship; Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal (1 Samuel 15:8-33).
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Notes
Distinct from the earlier Agag referenced in Numbers 24:7 as the proverbial Amalekite king. Hebrew tradition makes him an ancestor of Haman the Agagite (Esther 3:1).