And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Pieces. Josephus adds, by the hand of others. (Menochius)
But zeal put the sword into his own hand; and he imitated the Levites and Phinees, (Exodus xxxii. 27.) to show Saul how preposterous had been his pity, when the Lord had spoken plainly. (Calmet)
Lord, as a sort of victim, Isaias xxxiv. 6. (Menochius)