People of the Bible
Agag
Years: 1079 BC – 1079 BC
Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice ([Judg. 1](/judg#Judg.1)), to be brought out and cut in pieces ([1 Sam. 15:8-33](/1sam#1Sam.15.8). Comp. [Ex. 17:11](/exod#Exod.17.11); [Num. 14:45](/num#Num.14.45)).