en_tn_condensed/1sa/15/32.md

Agag came to him confined with chains and said

"They brought Agag to him bound by chains and Agag said"

Surely the bitterness of death has past

This idiom appears to mean that Agag no longer thought he would be killed. AT: "Surely I am no longer in danger or dying" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)