As thy sword, &c. By the law of retaliation Agag's life was forfeit. Cp. Judges 1:7.

hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord A solemn execution of the Divine sentence which Saul had neglected. The word rendered "hewed in pieces" is a different one from that used in 1 Samuel 11:7, and occurs nowhere else. It may perhaps mean no more than "executed" (Sept. ἔσφαξε). The E. V. follows the Vulg.: "in frusta concidit."

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