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2 Samuel 1:7

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:5

    And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

  2. 2 Samuel 1:6

    And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

  3. 2 Samuel 1:8

    And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

  4. 2 Samuel 1:9

    He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.