2 Samuel 1:7

7 et conversus post tergum suum vidensque me vocavit cui cum respondissem adsum

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 dixitque David ad adulescentem qui nuntiabat unde scis quia mortuus est Saul et Ionathan filius eius

6 ait adulescens qui narrabat ei casu veni in montem Gelboe et Saul incumbebat super hastam suam porro currus et equites adpropinquabant ei

7 et conversus post tergum suum vidensque me vocavit cui cum respondissem adsum

8 dixit mihi quisnam es tu et aio ad eum Amalechites sum

9 et locutus est mihi sta super me et interfice me quoniam tenent me angustiae et adhuc tota anima in me est