7. When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, ‘Here I am!’
8. He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’
9. He said to me, ‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’
10. So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn’t live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord.”
11. David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.
12. They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
13. David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.”