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2 Three days later a soldier came from Saul’s army. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. He knelt down in front of David.
3 David asked: »Where did you come from?« The man answered: »I escaped from Israel’s army.«
4 »How did the battle go?« David asked. The man said: »Our army turned and ran. Many were wounded and died. King Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.«
5 David asked: »How do you know that Saul and Jonathan are dead?«
6 He answered: »I was on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The chariots and cavalry of the enemy closed in on him.
7 »He looked my way and called me. I said: ‘Yes here I am.’«
8 »He asked: ‘Who are you.’ I told him I was an Amalekite.
9 »‘Then he said: ‘Come here and kill me! I am badly wounded and about to die.’
10 »I went up to him and killed him. I knew that he would die anyway as soon as he fell. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm. Here, I have brought them to you.«
11 David and all his men tore their clothes in sorrow.
12 They grieved and mourned and fasted until evening for Saul and Jonathan and for Israel, the people of Jehovah, because so many had been killed in battle.
13 David asked the young man who brought him the news: »Where are you from?« He answered: »I am an Amalekite, son of a foreign resident.«
14 David asked: »Why were you not afraid to take it upon yourself to destroy Jehovah’s (YHWH) anointed king?«
15 David called one of the young men and said: »Execute him!« So he struck him and he died.
16 David said to him: »Your blood is on your head. Your mouth has testified against you. For you admit that you killed Jehovah’s anointed.«