Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 1:8

2 Samuel chapter 1 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

v.8This passage

v.9And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 30:13

    And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

  • Exodus 17:8

    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

  • 1 Samuel 30:1

    And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.

  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Deuteronomy 25:17

    Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;