In the bible, Agag is the name of the King of Israel will be higher than him (NUM 24:7), as well as name of king of the Amalekites (1SA 15:8). Meaning of the name: roof; upper floor. Related names are:
Samuel,
Saul,
Amalek, and
Gilgal. The translations of Agag in 24 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Empresario in Spanish to
Agar in Slovak!
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. (NUM 24:7)
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (1SA 15:8)
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. (1SA 15:9)
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. (1SA 15:20)
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. (1SA 15:32)
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. (1SA 15:32)
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. (1SA 15:32)
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. (1SA 15:33)