2 Samuel 1:13
11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
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.
And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
14 So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
15 Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
- KJV
- And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
- WEB
- David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
- ASV
- And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.
- DARBY
- And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.
- BLB
- And David said to the young man who told him, “From where [are] you?” And he answered, “I [am] a son of a sojourning man, an Amalekite.”
- ÅB
- Så spurte David gutten som var kommet med tidenden til ham: Hvor er du fra? Han svarte: Jeg er sønn av en amalekitt som er flyttet inn her.
- OTB
- David spurte da den unge mannen som hadde brakt rapporten: «Hvor er du fra?» Han svarte: «Jeg er sønn av en fremmed, en amalekitt.»
- B1930
- Så spurte David gutten som var kommet med tidenden til ham: Hvor er du fra? Han svarte: Jeg er sønn av en amalekitt som er flyttet inn her.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 1:8
‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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