32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of Amalek out to me!” Agag came to him confidently,s for Agag thought, “Surely the bitterness of death ⌊is over⌋.”t
Or “trembling”; literally “in chains/bonds” (HALOT 609 s.v. 2); the meaning here is uncertain (LXX has “trembling”)
t
Literally “has turned aside”; other English versions follow the LXX and Peshitta and omit “has turned aside,” reading “Surely the bitterness of death!”
