5
Then David asked the young man who was reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?"
6
The young man reporting to him said, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa; and there was Saul leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen drew close to him.
7
When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, "Here sir.'
8
And he said to me, "Who are you?' I answered him, "I am an Amalekite.'
9
He said to me, "Come, stand over me and kill me; for convulsions have seized me, and yet my life still lingers.'
10
So I stood over him, and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
