2 Samuel 1:9 - Easy To Read Version

⁹ Then Saul said, ‘Please kill me. I am hurt badly. And I am about to die anyway.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He said to me, Rise up against me and slay me; for terrible dizziness has come upon me, yet my life is still in me [and I will be taken alive].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

Common English Bible

⁹ He said to me, ‘Please come over here and kill me, because convulsions have come over me but I’m still alive.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And he said to me: "Stand over me, and kill me. For anguish has taken hold of me, and still my whole life is in me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: For anguish is come upon me; and as yet my whole life is in me.

2 Samuel 1:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:10

He was hurt so bad that I knew he wouldn’t live. So I stopped and killed him. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm. And I brought them here to you, my lord.”

2 Samuel 1:8

Then Saul asked me who I was. I told him that I was an Amalekite.

1 Chronicles 10:4

Then Saul said to his armorbearer, {\cf2\super [104]} “Pull out your sword and use it to kill me. Then those foreigners {\cf2\super [105]} will not hurt me and make fun of me when they come.”

Revelation 9:6

During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will hide from them.

Judges 9:54

Abimelech quickly said to the servant that carried his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me. I want you to kill me so that people won’t say, ‘A woman killed Abimelech.’” So the servant stabbed Abimelech with his sword, and Abimelech died.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul said to the servant that carried his armor, “Take your sword and kill me. Then those foreigners can’t hurt me and make fun of me.” But Saul’s helper was scared and refused to kill him.