Bible Person

Agag

Meaning: roof; upper floor · Male · 1 cross reference

This Agag entry refers to the Amalekite king invoked by Balaam's oracle, not to the later Agag spared by Saul. He belongs to the early remembered power of Amalek in Israel's wilderness horizon. First appears in Num 24:7.1

AI summary: This Agag matters because his single cross reference places the name in Balaam's prophetic comparison, where Israel's future strength is measured against a known Amalekite king. Even without a narrative scene of his own, the entry gives concrete shape to Amalek's significance in early Israelite memory. Taken together, the material presents this Agag as an early royal marker in the biblical imagination of Amalek.1

Central Figure

Agag

Meaning: roof; upper floor

A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Num.