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.”
2 Samuel 1:13
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2 Samuel 1:7–9
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’ 8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ 9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
1 Samuel 30:12–14
12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights. 13 Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slav…
2 Samuel 1:2–4
2 On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage. 3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied. 4 “What was the…
1 Samuel 17:57–58
57 So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. 58 “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
1 Samuel 18:17–19
17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” 18 …
2 Samuel 4:9–11
9 But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, 10 when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him an…
1 Samuel 4:15–17
15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see. 16 “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked. 17 The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Phil…
2 Samuel 9:1–3
1 Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?” 2 And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” h…
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