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 — Samuel pronounces a judgment: as Agag's sword caused bereavement, his mother will be bereaved. Samuel then executes Agag ('vayeshatsaf et Agag, he hewed/divided him'), fulfilling the ḥerem that Saul had failed to complete.

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