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2 Samuel 1:13 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 13
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.2 Samuel 1:13 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:13 in context
11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
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.
14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?
15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AmalekiteʻĂmâlêqîyan Amalekite or descendants of AmalekH6003 →
- strangerʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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Here is, I. David's reception of these tidings. So far was he from falling into a transport of joy, as the Amalekite expected, that he fell into a passion of weeping, rent his clothes (Sa2 1:11), mourned and fasted (Sa2 1:12), not only for his people Israel and Jonathan his friend but for Saul his enemy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-16