◄ 2 Samuel 1:13 ►
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Good News Translation
David asked the young man who had brought him the news, "Where are you from?" He answered, "I'm an Amalekite, but I live in your country."

New Revised Standard Version
David said to the young man who had reported to him, “Where do you come from?” He answered, “I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite.”

Contemporary English Version
David asked the young man, "Where is your home?" The man replied, "My father is an Amalekite, but we live in Israel."

New American Bible
David said to the youth who had reported to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec.

2 Samuel 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp,

Context
David Learns of Saul's Death
…12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword. 13And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec.14David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed?…
Cross References
Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to the fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Amorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar.

2 Samuel 1:8
And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.

2 Samuel 1:12
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