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AGAG - A>@ - (flame), possibly the title of the kings of Amalek, like Pharaoh of Egypt. One king of this name is mentioned in kjv@Numbers:24:7) and another in kjv@1Samuel:15:8-9 kjv@1Samuel:15:20,32 The latter was the king of the Amalekites, whom Saul spared contrary to Jehovah’s well-known will. kjv@Exodus:17:14 kjv@Exodus:25:17) For this act of disobedience Samuel was commissioned to declare to Saul his rejection, and he himself sent for Agag and cut him in pieces. (B.C. about 1070.) SAMUEL. Haman is called the AGAGITE in kjv@Esther:3:1 kjv@Esther:3:10 kjv@Esther:8:3-5) The Jews consider him a descendant of Agag the Amalekite.



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