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The Amalekite youth's capital punishment
In Samuel 2 chapter 1, the Amalekite lad tells David the news that King Saul is dead and that Saul had asked him to take his life. David sentences the youth to death.
The pesukim suggest that the ...
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Why does Samuel turn to leave and then kill agag?
In Samuel I 15:27 Samuel turns to leave then Saul admits guilt, asks for forgiveness, and prostrates, and then Samuel summons Agag and kills him.
It seems that had Saul not stopped Samuel, he would ...