Agag
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Agag is a Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king. It has been suggested that "Agag" was a dynastic name of the kings of Amalek, just as Pharaoh was used as a dynastic name for the
La mort d'Agag, illustration by Gustave Doré
Saul
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Saul was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century
Agag
…Israel would be "higher than High". A characteristic trait of biblical poetry is the use of puns. Agag also refers to the Amalekite king who survived King Saul's extermination campaign, as punishment for Amalekite crimes, in the Book of Samuel. Saul failed to execute Agag and allowed the people to keep some…
Saul depicted in a detail from an 1878 oil painting by Ernst Josephson
The Kingdom of Saul, according to the biblical account
David Plays the Harp for Saul, by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650
Saul threatening David, by José Leonardo, c. 1640s