David asked the young man who brought the report, “Where are you from?” The young man answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh). They defeated all the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
“Then Saul asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
David asked him, “Who is your master? Where do you come from?” He answered, “I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. Three days ago my master left me, because I was sick.