Samuel said, &#8220;Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!&#8221; Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">Saul said to his armor bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.&#8221; But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.