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2 Samuel 1:8

6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

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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.

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BSB
‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
KJV
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
WEB
He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
ASV
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
DARBY
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.
BLB
And he said to me, ‘Who [are] you?’ And I said to him, ‘I [am] an Amalekite.’
ÅB
Så spurte han: Hvem er du? Jeg svarte: Jeg er en amalekitt.
OTB
Han spurte: ‘Hvem er du?’ Jeg svarte: ‘Jeg er en amalekitt.’
B1930
Så spurte han: Hvem er du? Jeg svarte: Jeg er en amalekitt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 30:13

    And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:1

    And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

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  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

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  • Numbers 24:20

    And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

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  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

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  • Exodus 17:8–16

    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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