Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 1:13
2 Samuel 1:13 is verse 13 of 2 Samuel chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
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2 Samuel 1:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
13 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.
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