New American Bible, Revised Edition

2 Samuel 1:9-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

9. Then he said to me, ‘Stand over me, please, and put me to death, for I am in great suffering, but still alive.’

10. So I stood over him and put him to death, for I knew that he could not survive his wound. I removed the crown from his head and the armlet from his arm and brought them here to my lord.”

11. David seized his garments and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

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

13. David said to the youth who had reported to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite.”

14. David said to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to put forth your hand to desecrate the Lord’s anointed?”

15. David then called one of the attendants and said to him, “Come, strike him down”; so he struck him and he died.

16. David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for you testified against yourself when you said, ‘I put the Lord’s anointed to death.’”