Sāmǔĕrjìxià 1:8

8 Tā wèn wǒ shuō , nǐ shì shénme rén . wǒ shuō , wǒ shì Yàmǎlì rén .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:8

And he said unto me, who [art] thou?
&c.] Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behind him he could not tell:

and I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite:
which he might be; but it is not likely he should tell Saul he was, which would not recommend him to him; though indeed he was now in such circumstances, that the Amalekites had nothing to fear from him; and if he was slain by him, as Josephus ^F6 affirms he was, it seems to be a just retaliation on him for sparing any of that race, contrary to the will of God.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 7.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 1:8 In-Context

6 Bàoxìn de shàonián rén shuō , wǒ ǒurán dào jī lì bō shān , kànjian Sǎoluó fú zaì zìjǐ qiāng shàng , yǒu zhàn chē , mǎ bīng jǐn jǐn dì zhuī tā .

7 Tā huí tóu kànjian wǒ , jiù hūjiào wǒ . wǒ shuō , wǒ zaì zhèlǐ .

8 Tā wèn wǒ shuō , nǐ shì shénme rén . wǒ shuō , wǒ shì Yàmǎlì rén .

9 Tā shuō , qǐng nǐ lái , jiāng wǒ shā sǐ . yīnwei tòngkǔ zhuāzhù wǒ , wǒde shēngmìng shàng cún .

10 Wǒ zhún zhī tā pú dǎo bì bùnéng huó , jiù qù jiāng tā shā sǐ , bǎ tā tóu shàng de guānmiǎn , bei5 shàng de zhuózi ná dào wǒ zhǔ zhèlǐ .