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.
• 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.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)“He responded, ‘Who are you?’ “‘I am an Amalekite,’ I told him.

Context of 2 Samuel 1:8

6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. 7When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’ “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “ ‘An Amalekite,’ I answered. 9“Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’ 10“So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.”

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 14:7Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
• Exodus 17:8The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
• Numbers 24:20Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.”
• Deuteronomy 25:17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”
• 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
• 1 Samuel 30:1David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and 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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In the dictionaries

• 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