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AGAG

(Heb. ʾăgag)

(PERSON)

Name of two Amalekite kings (Num. 24:7; LXX “Gog”; 1 Sam. 15:8-9, 20, 32-33), or possibly a dynastic name for all their kings. In 1 Sam. 15 Saul’s refusal finally to kill Agag, for Amalek’s cruelty to Israel at the Exodus (Exod. 17:8-16; Deut. 25:17-19), results in Yahweh’s and Samuel’s decision to reject Saul as king. Samuel himself kills Agag.

Balaam predicts the future king(s) of Israel will be higher than the exalted king Agag (Num. 24:7). The LXX interpreting messianically reads, “he will rule over many nations; and his realm will be exalted as Gog. . .”

Paul J. Kissling







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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