2 Samuel 1:8
 2 Samuel 1:8 
New International Version (©2011)
"He asked me, 'Who are you?' "'An Amalekite,' I answered.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"He responded, 'Who are you?' "'I am an Amalekite,' I told him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"He said to me, 'Who are you?' And I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him: I'm an Amalekite.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He asked me, 'Who are you?' So I answered him, 'I'm an Amalekite!'

NET Bible (©2006)
He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him, 'I'm an Amalekite.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"He asked me, 'Who are you?' "I said to him, 'I'm an Amalekite.'

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said unto me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

American King James Version
And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.

English Revised Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

World English Bible
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to me, Who art thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I am.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:1-10 The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he desired not Saul's death, and he was not impatient to come to the throne.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto me, who art thou?.... Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behind him he could not tell:

and I answered him, I am an Amalekite: which he might be; but it is not likely he should tell Saul he was, which would not recommend him to him; though indeed he was now in such circumstances, that the Amalekites had nothing to fear from him; and if he was slain by him, as Josephus (f) affirms he was, it seems to be a just retaliation on him for sparing any of that race, contrary to the will of God.

(f) Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 7.


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David Learns of Saul's Death
7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here am I. 8And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 9He said to me again, Stand, I pray you, on me, and slay me: for anguish is come on me, because my life is yet whole in me. …

1 Samuel 15:3 Now 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 30:1 David 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,
1 Samuel 30:13 David asked him, "Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?" He said, "I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.
2 Samuel 1:7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'
2 Samuel 1:9 "Then he said to me, 'Stand here by me and kill me! I'm in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
2 Samuel 1:13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite," he answered.