2 Samuel 1:13

David asked the man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I'm the son of a foreigner,” he replied. “I'm an Amalekite.”

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In The 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.

In Context

12They mourned and cried and fasted until the evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord, the Israelites, that had been killed by the sword.

14“Why weren't you worried about killing the Lord's anointed one?” David asked.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:8He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I'm an Amalekite.’

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:12-17

11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord , and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 13 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. 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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