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2 Samuel 1:13

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David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

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2 Samuel 1:13 in other translations

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

2 Samuel 1:13 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 1:13 in context

  1. 11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
  2. 12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
  3. 13David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
    He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
  4. 14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
  5. 15David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.