2 Samuel 1:4-10 ▼

4 David continued questioning him, |How did things go? Please tell me!| He replied, |The army has fled the battlefield, many of the army are wounded or have died, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.|

5 David asked the young man who related the story, |How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?|

6 The young man who had been relating the story answered, |I happened to be on Mount Gilboa and there was Saul, leaning on his spear! Meanwhile, the chariots and horsemen were rapidly drawing near.

7 Saul glanced behind him, saw me, and called out to me, so I replied, 'Here I am!'

8 He asked me, 'Who are you?' So I answered him, 'I'm an Amalekite!'

9 He begged me, 'Please—come stand here next to me and kill me, because I'm still alive.'

10 So I stood next to him and killed him, because I knew that he wouldn't live after he had fallen. I took the crown that had been on his head, along with the bracelet that had been on his arm, and I have brought them to your majesty.|