1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword has made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before LORD in Gilgal.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
34Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.
Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Numbers 25:7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
1 Samuel 10:8And thou shall go down before me to Gilgal. And, behold, I will come down to thee, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings. Thou shall tarry seven days till I come to thee, and show thee what thou s
Isaiah 34:6The sword of LORD is filled with blood. It is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams, for LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Matthew 7:2For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:33-35
Agag Slain. ( b. c. 1065.) 32 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. 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. 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →