2 Samuel 1:8

Good News Translation

He asked who I was, and I told him that I was an Amalekite.

Cross References

Genesis 14:7

Then they turned around and came back to Kadesh (then known as Enmishpat). They conquered all the land of the Amalekites and defeated the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.

2 Samuel 1:13

David asked the young man who had brought him the news, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I'm an Amalekite, but I live in your country.”

2 Samuel 1:7

Then he turned around, saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Yes, sir!’

2 Samuel 1:9

Then he said, ‘Come here and kill me! I have been badly wounded, and I'm about to die.’

Numbers 24:20

Then in his vision Balaam saw the Amalekites and uttered this prophecy: “Amalek was the most powerful nation of all, But at the end it will perish forever.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.”

1 Samuel 27:8

During that time David and his men would attack the people of Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek, who had been living in the region a very long time. He would raid their land as far as Shur, all the way down to Egypt,

1 Samuel 30:1

Two days later David and his men arrived back at Ziklag. The Amalekites had raided southern Judah and attacked Ziklag. They had burned down the town

1 Samuel 30:13

David asked him, “Who is your master, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite,” he answered. “My master left me behind three days ago because I got sick.

1 Samuel 30:17

At dawn the next day David attacked them and fought until evening. Except for four hundred young men who mounted camels and got away, none of them escaped.