(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Samuel 15:32–35, “Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.”
Even though Saul had sinned and save Agag the Amalekite king during the battle, Samuel knew what the Lord required and called Agag. By this time Agag, who couldn’t understand the conversation between Samuel and Saul, believed that he would be safe. Never the less,, Samuel executed Agag as the Lord had commanded. During his life Agag had been a warrior king and had attacked many other towns and nations. He was a blood thirsty man who worshipped a strange god so he deserved to executed. Even though he came from another country, he had heard enough about the Lord to bow down and worship the true God of creation but he refused. Samuel and Saul went their separate ways and didn’t see each other again. The Lord had allowed Israel to choose to have a king like the neighbouring nations and now they were suffering the consequences of having this kind of king. The Lord regretted that Israel had to go through this experience but it was essential for them to be brought to their knees before the Lord.
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