13David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.


In Context

10 "So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."

11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.

12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.

14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?"

15 Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.

2nd Samuel 1:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13David said to the young man who told him, |Where are you from?| He answered, |I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, 'Whence art thou?' and he saith, 'Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I am.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:13And David said to the young man that told him, From where are you? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.