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3 |Where did you come from?| David asked him. |I escaped from the camp of Israel,| he answered. 4 |What happened?| David asked him. |Please tell me.| The man answered, |The army fled from the battle, and many of the soldiers died. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead too.| 5 |How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?| David asked the young man who had brought him the news. 6 The 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. 7 When he looked back and saw me, he called to me, and I said, 'Yes?'| 8 |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 1:3-10, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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