2 Samuel 1:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹³ David enquired of the young man who had brought him the report, ‘Where are you from? ’ ‘I’m the son of a resident foreigner,’ he said. ‘I’m an Amalekite.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? He answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

Common English Bible

¹³ “Where are you from?” David asked the young man who brought him the news. “I’m the son of an immigrant,” he answered. “An Amalekite.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And David said to the youth who had reported it to him, "Where are you from?" And he responded, "I am the son of a man who is a new arrival from the Amalekites."

2 Samuel 1:13 Cross References

Genesis 14:7

Then they came back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh  ), and they defeated the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

2 Samuel 1:8

He asked me, “Who are you? ” I told him: I’m an Amalekite.

1 Samuel 30:13

Then David said to him, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you from? ’ ‘I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,’ he said. ‘My master abandoned me when I got ill three days ago.