Verse 10

When one told{H5046}{(H8688)} me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, Saul{H7586} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, thinking to have brought{H5869} good tidings{H1319}{(H8764)}, I took hold{H270}{(H8799)} of him, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} him in Ziklag{H6860}, who thought that I would have given{H5414}{(H8800)} him a reward for his tidings{H1309}:

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 1:2-9 : 2 It came even to pass on the third{H7992} day{H3117}, that, behold, a man{H376} came{H935}{(H8802)} out of the camp{H4264} from Saul{H7586} with his clothes{H899} rent{H7167}{(H8803)}, and earth{H127} upon his head{H7218}: and so it was, when he came{H935}{(H8800)} to David{H1732}, that he fell{H5307}{(H8799)} to the earth{H776}, and did obeisance{H7812}{(H8691)}. 3 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, From whence comest{H935}{(H8799)} thou? And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Out of the camp{H4264} of Israel{H3478} am I escaped{H4422}{(H8738)}. 4 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, How{H4100} went the matter{H1697}? I pray thee, tell{H5046}{(H8685)} me. And he answered{H559}{(H8799)}, That the people{H5971} are fled{H5127}{(H8804)} from the battle{H4421}, and many{H7235}{(H8687)} of the people{H5971} also are fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} and dead{H4191}{(H8799)}; and Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} are dead{H4191}{(H8804)} also. 5 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the young man{H5288} that told{H5046}{(H8688)} him, How knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou that Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} be dead{H4191}{(H8804)}? 6 And the young man{H5288} that told{H5046}{(H8688)} him said{H559}{(H8799)}, As I happened{H7136}{(H8738)} by chance{H7122}{(H8736)} upon mount{H2022} Gilboa{H1533}, behold, Saul{H7586} leaned{H8172}{(H8737)} upon his spear{H2595}; and, lo, the chariots{H7393} and horsemen{H1167}{H6571} followed hard{H1692}{(H8689)} after him. 7 And when he looked{H6437}{(H8799)} behind{H310} him, he saw{H7200}{(H8799)} me, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} unto me. And I answered{H559}{(H8799)}, Here am I. 8 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Who art thou? And I answered{H559}{(H8799)} him, I am an Amalekite{H6003}. 9 He said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me again, Stand{H5975}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, upon me, and slay{H4191}{(H8786)} me: for anguish{H7661} is come{H270}{(H8804)} upon me, because my life{H5315} is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood{H5975}{(H8799)} upon him, and slew{H4191}{(H8787)} him, because I was sure{H3045}{(H8804)} that he could not live{H2421}{(H8799)} after{H310} that he was fallen{H5307}{(H8800)}: and I took{H3947}{(H8799)} the crown{H5145} that was upon his head{H7218}, and the bracelet{H685} that was on his arm{H2220}, and have brought{H935}{(H8686)} them hither unto my lord{H113}. 11 Then David{H1732} took hold{H2388}{(H8686)} on his clothes{H899}, and rent{H7167}{(H8799)} them; and likewise all the men{H582} that were with him: 12 And they mourned{H5594}{(H8799)}, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}, and fasted{H6684}{(H8799)} until even{H6153}, for Saul{H7586}, and for Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121}, and for the people{H5971} of the LORD{H3068}, and for the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; because they were fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} by the sword{H2719}. 13 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the young man{H5288} that told{H5046}{(H8688)} him, Whence art thou? And he answered{H559}{(H8799)}, I am the son{H1121} of a stranger{H376}{H1616}, an Amalekite{H6003}. 14 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, How wast thou not afraid{H3372}{(H8804)} to stretch forth{H7971}{(H8800)} thine hand{H3027} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} the LORD'S{H3068} anointed{H4899}? 15 And David{H1732} called{H7121}{(H8799)} one{H259} of the young men{H5288}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go near{H5066}{(H8798)}, and fall{H6293}{(H8798)} upon him. And he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him that he died{H4191}{(H8799)}. 16 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thy blood{H1818} be upon thy head{H7218}; for thy mouth{H6310} hath testified{H6030}{(H8804)} against thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, I have slain{H4191}{(H8790)} the LORD'S{H3068} anointed{H4899}.