34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
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Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
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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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