וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׁכְּלָ֤ה נָשִׁים֙ חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ כֵּן־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ל מִנָּשִׁ֖ים אִמֶּ֑ךָ וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף שְׁמוּאֵ֧ל אֶת־אֲגָ֛ג לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ (ס)
Tetapi Samuel berkata, “Sebagaimana pedangmu telah membuat perempuan-perempuan kehilangan anak, demikianlah ibumu akan kehilangan anak, lebih daripada perempuan-perempuan lain.” Lalu Samuel mencincang Agag di hadapan Yang Mahakekal di Gilgal.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Samuel said” [15:33]. Samuel said to Agag: you have made many women widows and have castrated many men. You threw their circumcision to heaven and said to the Holy One: take the circumcision that you commanded Israel. Samuel said to Agag: now, your mother will mourn more than other women and Samuel hacked Agag to death in Gilgal.12Yalkut Shimoni, I Samuel, Remez, 123.
Rashi
As your sword bereaved women. To render them widows from their husbands, for you would cut off the membrum virile of the youths of Yisroel.31 See Rashi Devarim 25:18.
Rashi
[Shmuel] cut. He cut him into four pieces. This word has no likeness [in Scripture]. The Targum renders וַיְשַׁסֵּף as וּפָשַׁח. And in our Gemara we find, 'he broke off [מפשח] a branch, and gave us several twigs,'32 Beitzah 33b. meaning that he split.33 See Rashi’s commentary in Eichah 3:11.