2 Samuel 1:3-13

3 Then David said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."
4 David said to him, "1How did things go? Please tell me." And he said, "The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."
5 So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
6 The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on 2Mount Gilboa, and behold, 3Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.
7 "When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, 'Here I am.'
8 "He said to me, 'Who are you?' And I [a]answered him, '4I am an Amalekite.'
9 "Then he said to me, 'Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my [b]life still lingers in me.'
10 "So I stood beside him 5and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And 6I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."
11 Then 7David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.
12 They mourned and wept and 8fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he [c]answered, "9I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite."

Cross References 9

  • 1. 1 Samuel 4:16
  • 2. 1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:4-10
  • 3. 1 Samuel 31:2-4
  • 4. 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 30:1, 13, 17
  • 5. Judges 9:54
  • 6. 2 Kings 11:12
  • 7. Genesis 37:29, 34; Joshua 7:6; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Ezra 9:3
  • 8. 2 Samuel 3:35
  • 9. 2 Samuel 1:8

Footnotes 3

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