New American Standard Bible

2 Samuel 1:3-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

3. Then David said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."

4. David said to him, "How did things go? Please tell me." And he said, "The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."

5. So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

6. The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.

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

8. He said to me, 'Who are you?' And I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

9. Then he said to me, 'Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.'