2 Samuel 1:3
David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
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2 Samuel 1:3
David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
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2 Samuel 1:7
When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
2 Samuel 1:8
He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
2 Samuel 1:9
He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
2 Samuel 1:10
So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
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2 Samuel 1:12
They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:13
David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
2 Samuel 1:14
David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
2 Samuel 1:15
David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
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