2 Samuel 1:7

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’

2 Samuel 1:7 in Other Translations

7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, 'Here I am.'

7 When he turned and saw me, he cried out for me to come to him. ‘How can I help?’ I asked him.

7 He looked behind him, saw me, and called me to him. 'Yes sir,' I said, 'at your service.'

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, so I answered: I'm at your service.

2 Samuel 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:7

And when he looked behind him
To see how near the enemy was, and who were pursuing him:

he saw me, and called unto me;
by which it should rather seem that he belonged to the Philistines than to the Israelites, and as his being an Amalekite shows; for such an one would hardly be admitted among the latter, though it is most likely he was with neither, but happened to come that way just at that time:

and I answered, here [am] I;
ready to hear what thou hast to say, and do thy pleasure.

2 Samuel 1:7 In-Context

5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’

8 “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “ ‘An Amalekite,’ I answered.

9 “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’