Add parallel Print Page Options

11 Then (A)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him. 12 And they lamented and wept and (B)fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of [a]Yahweh and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. 13 And David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he [b]answered, “(C)I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:12 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. 2 Samuel 1:13 Lit said