World English Bible
2 Samuel 1:8
“He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1
The young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, 'Here I am.
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.
He said to me, 'Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that 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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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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