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2 Samuel 1
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.’
¹⁰ So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."
¹¹ Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.
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.
¹³ David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite."
¹⁴ Then David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?"
¹⁵ And David called one of the young men and said, "Go, cut him down." So he struck him and he died.