2 Samuel 1:8

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“He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “I said to him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’

Cross References

Genesis 14:7

On their way back, they came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who were living at Hazazon Tamar.

2 Samuel 1:13

David asked the young man who had brought him the news, “Where are you from?” And the young man answered, “I’m an Amalekite, the son of a foreign resident.”

2 Samuel 1:7

When he looked back and saw me, he called to me, and I said, ‘Yes?’ ”

2 Samuel 1:9

“He said to me, ‘Please stand over me and kill me. I’m alive, but I’m suffering.’

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw the Amalekites and delivered this message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but in the end it will be destroyed.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack Amalek. Claim everything they have for God by destroying it. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, infants and children, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

1 Samuel 27:8

Then David and his men went to raid the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They lived in the territory which extends from Telaim  to Shur and Egypt.)

1 Samuel 30:1

Two days later, when David and his men came to Ziklag, the Amalekites had raided the Negev, including Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it.

1 Samuel 30:13

David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where do you come from?” “I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite,” the young man answered. “My master left me behind because I got sick three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:17

From dawn until evening the next day, David attacked them. No one escaped except 400 young men who rode away on camels.