Verse 8
2 Samuel 1:8
World Messianic Bible
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He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֖/י מִי אָ֑תָּה ו/יאמר וָ/אֹמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔י/ו עֲמָלֵקִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי
English Translation
And he said to me, "Who are you?" And I said to him, "I am a Amalekite."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had...
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on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on...
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3
David said to him, “Where do you come from?”
He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Isra...
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4
David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.”
He answered, “The people have fled from the batt...
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5
David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”...
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6
The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning...
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7
When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
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8
He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9
He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my li...
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10
So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fa...
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11
Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
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12
They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people...
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13
David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
He answered, “I am the son of a fore...
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14
David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
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15
David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he d...
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16
David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I...
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17
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
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18
(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in...
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19
“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!
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20
Don’t tell it in Gath.
Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,
lest the daughters of the Philis...
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21
You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings;
For there t...
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22
From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty,
Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back.
Saul’s swo...
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23
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives.
In their death, they were not divided.
Th...
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24
You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you delicately in scarlet,
who put ornaments of...
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25
How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle!
Jonathan was slain on your high places.
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26
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan.
You have been very pleasant to me.
Your love to me was...
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27
How the mighty have fallen,
and the weapons of war have perished!”
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