Agag

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Agag
     flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as "Pharaoh" was
     of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by
     Balaam (Num. 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus.
     
       (2.) Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared


     unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul
     ordered, in retributive justice (Judg. 1), to be brought out and
     cut in pieces (1 Sam. 15:8-33. Comp. Ex. 17:11; Num. 14:45).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Agag, roof; upper floor