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agag

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What does agag mean?

noun

  1. A Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king, possibly a dynastic name of the kings of Amalek.

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Samuel hacked or smashed up Agag, although Saul was the regularly appointed one.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
Adare, Cape Admiralty Range Agag Aitken Albatross Allardyce Range Allen, James Amphipods Amundsen (dog) “Ancient Mariner,” Animal life in Weddell Sea See also Penguins Seals and Bird life Annewkow Island Antarctic Circle Derby Argentine Armitage, Cape Lieut.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
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Samuel was displeased with the people, for that they desired a King, (for God was their King already, and Samuel had but an authority under him); yet did Samuel, when Saul observed not his counsell, in destroying Agag as God had commanded, anoint another King, namely David, to take the succession from his heirs.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207