31 Then Samuel went back, following Saul, and Saul bowed down to the Lord.

32 Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.”

Agag came to him trembling,A for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”B,C

33 Samuel declared:

As your sword has made women childless,

so your mother will be childless among women.a

Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.