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2 Samuel 1:10

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

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2 Samuel 1:10 in other translations

So 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.

2 Samuel 1:10 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 1:10 in context

  1. 8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
  2. 9He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life lingers in me.’
  3. 10So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
  4. 11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
  5. 12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.