2 Samuel 1:3-10 ▼

3 Then David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

4 And David said to him, “How did things go? Tell me now.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

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

6 And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.

7 Then he turned to look behind him, and he saw me and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’

8 And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

9 Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and put me to death, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.’

10 So I stood beside him and put him to death, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”