English Standard Version

2 Samuel 1:8-13 English Standard Version (ESV)

8. And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

9. And he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’

10. So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And 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.”

11. Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

12. And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13. And David said to the young man who told him, “Where do you come from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.”