RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Agag

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Agag (; Hebrew: אֲגַג ʾĂgāg) is a Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king. It has been suggested that "Agag" was a dynastic name of the kings of Amalek, just as Pharaoh was used as a dynastic name for the ancient Egyptians. The etymology is uncertain, according to John L. McKenzie (1995), while Cox (1884) suggested "High." In the Torah, the expression "Its king higher than Agag, and its kingdom exalted" was uttered by Balaam in Numbers 24:7, in his third prophetic utterance, to describe a king of Israel who would be higher than the king of Amalek. This is understood to mean that Israel's king would take a higher position than even Amalek himself, and would exercise a wider authority. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agag is the 2,356th most popular religious figure (down from 2,012th in 2019). (down from 2,623rd in 2019)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Agag ranks 2,356 out of 3,187Before him are Peter Poreku Dery, Musō Soseki, Louis-Marie Billé, Maurice Feltin, Pope Achillas of Alexandria, and Sharif Ali. After him are Bhrigu, Joachim IV of Constantinople, Jarir ibn Atiyah, Hypatius Pociej, Ursula Ledóchowska, and Conrad Grebel.

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