Sinai2 Samuel 1:9
American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
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2 Samuel 1:9 in other translations
He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life lingers in me.’
2 Samuel 1:9 in context
- 7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
- 8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
- 9And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
- 10So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
- 11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: