He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 1:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 30:13 David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.
- 1 Samuel 30:17 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
- 1 Samuel 30:1 When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
- Genesis 14:7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
- Exodus 17:8-16 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset. Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.” Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”. He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’ ”
- Numbers 24:20 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction.”
- Deuteronomy 25:17-19 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt; how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God. Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
- 1 Samuel 27:8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He was an Amalekite born, but renounced his country,…
He was an Amalekite born, but renounced his country, and joined with the Israelites.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 1:8 And he said unto me, Who [art]…
2Sa 1:8 And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite.
Ver. 8. I am an Amalekite.] {See Trapp on "2Sa 1:6"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto me, who art thou?.... Being…
And he said unto me, who art thou?.... Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behind him he could not tell:
and I answered him, I am an Amalekite: which he might be; but it is not likely he should tell Saul he was, which would not recommend him to him; though indeed he was now in such circumstances, that the Amalekites had nothing to fear from him; and if he was slain by him, as Josephus (f) affirms he was, it seems to be a just retaliation on him for sparing any of that race, contrary to the will of God.
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(f) Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 7.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. I am an Amalekite.] Dr. Delaney remarks…
Verse 8. I am an Amalekite.] Dr. Delaney remarks that an Amalekite took that crown from off the head of Saul, which he had forfeited by his disobedience in the case of Amalek.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Amalecite. The Rabbins say he was the son of…
Amalecite. The Rabbins say he was the son of Doeg; and has this appellation because Amalec sprung from Esau, Genesis xxxvi. 12. But this is all very uncertain. The man seems to have gotten possession of the marks of the royal dignity in the night, as the Philistines deferred till the next day stripping the bodies of the deceased. (Calmet)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) An Amalekite.—The Amalekites were hereditary foes of Israel,…
(8) An Amalekite.—The Amalekites were hereditary foes of Israel, having attacked them on their first coming out of Egypt (Exo_17:8-13), and at different times afterwards in the wilderness (Num_14:45; Deu_25:18). During the period of the judges they had also repeatedly joined the foes of Israel (Jdg_3:13; Jdg_6:3), but some years before this they had been terribly defeated by Saul (1Sa_15:4-9). and it is possible that the present messenger may either have attached himself to the army of the conqueror, or have been compelled, according to ancient custom, to serve in its ranks. One of their bands had also just received a severe blow at the hands of David, but of this last attack the Amalekite could not have known.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered…
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
These direct quotations could be stated as indirect speech. AT: "He asked me who I was, and I told him that I am an Amalekite" (See: Direct and Indirect Quotations)
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I am an Amalekite
These are the same people David just finishing attacking in 2 Samuel 1:01.
great suffering has taken hold of me
Saul's suffering is spoken of as something terrible that has grabbed hold of him. AT: "I am suffering terribly" (See: Personification)
life is still in me
This idiom means he is still alive. AT: "I am still alive" (See: Idiom)
he would not live after he had fallen
"he would die anyway"
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Amalek
suffer
life
crown
lord
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