And he said to me, ‘Please stand next to me and finish me off, for [a]agony has seized me because my [b]life still lingers in me.’ 10 So I stood next to him (A)and finished him off, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And (B)I took the crown which was on his head and the band which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

11 Then (C)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:9 Or dizziness
  2. 2 Samuel 1:9 Lit whole life is still in me

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