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Scripture Analysis

1 Samuel 15:32

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Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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Contradictions (1)

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  • Was Haman an Agagite?

    Esther 3:1 calls Haman "the Agagite," implying descent from Agag the Amalekite king. But 1 Samuel 15:7-8, 32-33 explicitly says Saul and Samuel wiped out every Amalekite man, woman, infant, and suckling, with Samuel personally hacking Agag to pieces.

    Critical scholarship: Usually considered reconciled.

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