1 Samuel 15:8-9
Agag.3; Nu 24:7; 1Ki 20:30,34-42; Es 3:1utterly.27:8; 30:1; Jos 10:39; 11:12 the best.3,15,19; Jos 7:21the fatlings. or, the second sort.2Sa 6:131 Samuel 15:32-33
Agag said.Jer 48:44; 1Th 5:3; Re 18:7 As thy sword.Ge 9:6; Ex 17:11; Nu 14:45; Jud 1:7; Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13; Re 16:6; 18:6Samuel.It has been a matter of wonder to many, how Samuel could thus slay a captive prince, even in the presence of Saul, who from motives of clemency had spared him; but it should be remarked, that what Samuel did here, he did in his magisterial capacity; and that Agag had been a cruel tyrant, and therefore was cut off for his merciless cruelties. Farther, it is not likely that he did it by his own sword, but by that of the executioner. What kings, magistrates, and generals do, in an official way, by their subjects, servants, or soldiers, they are said to do themselves:--{qui facit per alterum, facit per se.} hewed.Nu 25:7,8; 1Ki 18:40; Isa 34:6; Jer 48:10
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