2 Samuel 1:8
And he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amalekite.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
In Context
7And he looked behind him, and saw me, and called me; and I said, Behold, here am I.
Cross References
Genesis 14:7And having turned back they came to the well of judgment; this is Kadesh, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalek, and the Amorites dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.
Numbers 24:20And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said, 1 Amalek is the first of the nations; 1 Yet his seed shall perish.
1 Samuel 15:3And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
1 Samuel 30:1And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Ziklag on the third day, that Amalek had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire.
1 Samuel 30:17And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:2-11
Second Samuel This book is the history of the reign of king David. We had in the foregoing book an account of his designation to the government, and his struggles with Saul, which ended at length in the death of his persecutor. This book begins with his accession to the throne, and is entirely taken up with the affairs of the government during the forty years he reigned, and therefore is entitled by the LXX. The Third Book of the Kings. It gives us an account of David's triumphs and his troubles. I. His triumphs… Read the whole commentary →