2 Samuel 1:9-11

Living Bible

⁹ “‘Come and put me out of my misery,’ he begged, ‘for I am in terrible pain but life lingers on.’

¹⁰ “So I killed him,^[a] for I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took his crown and one of his bracelets to bring to you, my lord.”

¹¹ David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news.