וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַגִּ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אֶת־אֲגַג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֵלָ֔יו אֲגַ֖ג מַעֲדַנֹּ֑ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲגָ֔ג אָכֵ֖ן סָ֥ר מַר־הַמָּֽוֶת׃ (ס)
Kemudian Samuel berkata, “Bawalah Agag, raja Amalek, ke hadapanku.” Lalu Agag datang kepadanya dengan langkah yang anggun, dan Agag berkata, “Sungguh, kepahitan maut telah datang mendekat.”
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Samuel said” [15:32]. Samuel said: bring Agag, the king of the Amalekites, here to me. Agag went very proudly and not sadly, like a king should go when he goes to his death. He desired that they should kill him quickly. Some sages say that he went to Samuel, bound with iron chains. Agag said: why has the bitter death come so close.11Yalkut Shimoni, I Samuel, Remez, 123.
Rashi
Agag went to him bound. Targum Yonoson renders, mincingly.30 Malbim renders ‘joyfully.’
Rashi
Indeed, the bitterness of death approaches. Indeed, I know that it has turned and is approaching toward me—the bitterness of death.