KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian.

1. A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Numbers 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus.

2. Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice (Judges 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1 Samuel 15:8-33. Comp. Exodus 17:11; Numbers 14:45).

roof; upper floor

1. A king of the Amalekites
Numbers 24:7

2. A king of the Amalekites, taken prisoner by Saul and slain by Samuel
1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 15:33

(flame), possibly the title of the kings of Amalek, like Pharaoh of Egypt. One king of this name is mentioned in (Numbers 24:7) and another in 1 Samuel 15:8, 9, 20, 32 The latter was the king of the Amalekites, whom Saul spared contrary to Jehovah's well-known will. (Exodus 17:14; 25:17) For this act of disobedience Samuel was commissioned to declare to Saul his rejection, and he himself sent for Agag and cut him in pieces. (B.C. about 1070.) [SAMUEL]. Haman is called the AGAGITE in (Esther 3:1,10; 8:3,5) The Jews consider him a descendant of Agag the Amalekite.

A name applied to Haman and also to his father (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:3, 5). Probably it was equivalent to Amalekite.

[AGAG]