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Summary

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Bible References

Agag

1 Samuel 15:3
So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death -- man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'"
Numbers 24:7
He will pour the water out of his buckets, and their descendants will be like abundant water; their king will be greater than Agag, and their kingdom will be exalted.
1 Kings 20:30
The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
Esther 3:1
Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him.

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Joshua 8:23
But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

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