1 Samuel 15:32 (DBY)

Passage

And Samuel said, Bring ye near to me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him gaily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:30 And he said, I have sinned; honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.

1 Samuel 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15:32 And Samuel said, Bring ye near to me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him gaily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, As thy sword has made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless above women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:34 And Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "said", "bring", "near", "agag", "king", and "amalek". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samuel" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "So Samuel turned again after Saul and..." into verse 33's "And Samuel said As thy sword has...", so "samuel" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "samuel" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.