Agag
Agag - flame, the usual title of the
Amalekite kings, as "Pharaoh" was\nof the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by\n
Balaam (Num. 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus.
(2.) Another king of the Amalekites whom
Saul spared\nunlawfully, but whom
Samuel on his arrival in the camp of
Saul\nordered, in retributive justice (Judg. 1), to be brought out and\ncut in pieces (1 Sam. 15:8-33. Comp. Ex. 17:11; Num. 14:45).
From
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)