2 Samuel 1:13-16

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David Orders the Amalekite Killed

¹³ Then David talked with the young soldier who had told him about Saul’s death. David asked, “Where are you from?”

The young soldier answered, “I am the son of a foreigner. I am an Amalekite.”

¹⁴ David said to the young soldier, “Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’s chosen king^[a]?”

^15-16 Then David told the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You said you killed the Lord’s chosen king, so your own words prove you are guilty.” Then David called one of his young servants and told him to kill the Amalekite. So the young Israelite killed him.