2 Samuel 1:8
And he said to me, Who are you? and I said, I am an Amalekite.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 Cades, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalec, and the Amorites dwelling in Asasonthamar.
Numbers 24:20And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.
1 Samuel 15:3And now go, and you shall strike Amalec and + 15:3 See v 8. Hierim and all that belongs to him, and you shall not save anything of him alive, but you shall utterly destroy him: and you shall devote him and all his to destruction, and you shall spare nothing belonging to him; and you shall kill 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 Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and struck Sekelac, and burnt it with fire.
1 Samuel 30:17And David came upon them, and struck 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 →