1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
34Then Samuel departed unto Ramah,—but, Saul, went up unto his own house, at Gibeah of Saul.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,—For, in the image of God, made he man.
Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth,—hand for hand, foot for foot,
Numbers 25:7And Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest saw it, so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand;
1 Samuel 10:8And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal, for lo! I am coming down unto thee, to offer up ascending-offerings, to sacrifice peace-offerings,—seven days, shalt thou tarry, until I come unto thee, then will I let thee know what thou shalt do.
Isaiah 34:6A sword, hath Yahweh—Glutted with blood Sated with fat,—With the blood of well-fed lambs and he-goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams,—For, a sacrifice, hath Yahweh in Bozrah, Yea a great slaughter in the land of Edom;
Matthew 7:2For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,—and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto 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 →