King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 1:13
“And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1
11
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:
12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
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And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
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And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
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And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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