Bible Dictionaries
Agag
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian. - A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Numbers 24:7 ). He lived at the time of the Exodus.
- Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice (Judges 1 ), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1Samuel 15:8-33. Compare Exodus 17:11; Numbers 14:45 ).
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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Agag'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​a/agag.html. 1897.