2 Samuel 1:13

And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

World English Bible

David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

American Standard Version

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

Geneva Bible 1599

Afterward Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Whence art thou? And hee answered, I am the sonne of a stranger an Amalekite.

Darby Translation

And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.

Young's Literal Translation

And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, 'Whence [art] thou?' and he saith, 'Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I [am].'

Bible in Basic English

And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.

In context

12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

14So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

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