33And 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.
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And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-35)Samuel, as a prophet, is here set over kings, Jer. 1:10. I. He destroys king Agag, doubtless by such special direction from heaven as none now can pretend to. He hewed Agag in pieces . Some think he only ordered it to be done; or perhaps he did it with his own hands, as a sacrifice to God’s injured justice (1 Sam. 15:33), and sacrifices used to be cut in pieces. Now observe in this, 1. How Agag’s…
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