2 Samuel 1
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2 Samuel 1:5-10

5David said to the young man who was telling him this, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

6The young man who was telling him this said, “I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

7When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, ‘Here I am!’

8He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’

9He said to me, ‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’

10So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn’t live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord.”

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