OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 11

2 Samuel 1:11

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Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.

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2 Samuel 1:11 in context

2 Samuel 1:8–14

8

He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

9

He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’

10

So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”

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Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.

12

They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13

David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”

He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

14

David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

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