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BIBLE DICTIONARY

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 (Judg. 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1 Sam. 15:8-33. Comp. Ex. 17:11; Num. 14:45).

Scripture references

Numbers 24:7Judges 11 Samuel 15:8-33Exodus 17:11Numbers 14:451 Samuel 15:81 Samuel 15:91 Samuel 15:201 Samuel 15:32Exodus 17:14Exodus 25:17Esther 3:1Esther 3:10Esther 8:3Esther 8:5

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.