1 Samuel 15:33

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Summary

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.

As thy sword

Hewed

General references

Genesis 19:36

Judges 8:20

Bible References

As thy sword

“Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.

So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah.

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and

by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

Hewed

When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,

Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

“Cursed be the one who does the Lord’s work negligently,
And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.

General references

Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.