2 Samuel 1:8

2 Samuel 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
• New International Version (NIV)“He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “ ‘An Amalekite,’ I answered.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ So I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

Context of 2 Samuel 1:8

6The young man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Saul was there leaning on his spear, and the chariots and horsemen were catching up with him. 7When he looked back and saw me, he called to me, and I said, ‘Yes?’ ” “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “I said to him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’ 9“He said to me, ‘Please stand over me and kill me. I’m alive, but I’m suffering.’ 10“So I stood over him and killed him, since I knew he couldn’t survive after he had been wounded. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm and brought them here to you, sir.”

2 Samuel 1:8 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֖י מִי־אָ֑תָּה וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו עֲמָלֵקִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• an Amalekiteעֲמָלֵקִי‛ămâlêqîy · AmalekiteH6003

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 1:8

• Genesis 14:7On their way back, they came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who were living at Hazazon Tamar.
• Exodus 17:8The Amalekites fought Israel at Rephidim.
• Numbers 24:20Then Balaam saw the Amalekites and delivered this message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but in the end it will be destroyed.”
• Deuteronomy 25:17Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your trip from Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack Amalek. Claim everything they have for God by destroying it. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, infants and children, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.”
• 1 Samuel 27:8Then David and his men went to raid the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They lived in the territory which extends from Telaim to Shur and Egypt.)
• 1 Samuel 30:1Two days later, when David and his men came to Ziklag, the Amalekites had raided the Negev, including Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I am an Amalekite - Dr. Delaney remarks that an Amalekite took that crown from off the head of Saul, which he had forfeited by his disobedience in the case of Amalek.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16An unnamed Amalekite went to David, claiming that he had killed Saul. This claim was false. Saul had taken his own life(1 Samuel 31:4–6). The Amalekite may have hoped that David would reward him for clearing the way for David to become king. Instead, David ordered him to be killed for harming the Lord’s anointed (the person God had chosen).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-122-12. a man came out of the camp from Saul--As the narrative of Saul's death, given in the last chapter, is inspired, it must be considered the true account, and the Amalekite's story a fiction of his own, invented to ingratiate himself with David, the presumptive successor to the throne. David's question, "How went the matter?" evinces the deep interest he took in the war, an interest that sprang from feelings of high and generous patriotism, not from…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 1:8

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• Amalekite
• Amalek; Amalekite
• Beauty
• David
• Empty
• Gilboa
• Lovely
• Tell
• Vilely
• Whole

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings