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2 Samuel 1:7 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 7
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.2 Samuel 1:7 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:7 in context
5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
9He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʼâmarto sayH559 →
- lookedpânâhto turnH6437 →
- behindʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- sawrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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Here is, I. David settling again in Ziklag, his own city, after he had rescued his family and friends out of the hands of the Amalekites (Sa2 1:1): He abode in Ziklag. Thence he was now sending presents to his friends (Sa1 30:26), and there he was ready to receive those that came into his interests;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10