Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 1:9
2 Samuel 1:9 is verse 9 of 2 Samuel chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
Read in context
2 Samuel 1:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
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