2 Samuel 1:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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

Cross References

Genesis 14:7

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

2 Samuel 1:13

David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from? ” “I’m the son of a foreigner,” he said. “I’m an Amalekite.”

2 Samuel 1:7

When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, so I answered: I’m at your service.

2 Samuel 1:9

Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for I’m mortally wounded, but my life still lingers.’

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw Amalek and proclaimed his poem: Amalek was first among the nations, but his future is destruction.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

1 Samuel 27:8

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur as far as the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 30:1

David and his men arrived in Ziklag on the third day. The Amalekites had raided the Negev and attacked and burned down Ziklag.

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 sick three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:17

David slaughtered them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except 400 young men who got on camels and fled.