2 Samuel 1:8

New International Reader's Version

“He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “ ‘An Amalekite,’ I answered.

Cross References

Genesis 14:7

Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat. En Mishpat was also called Kadesh. They took over the whole territory of the Amalekites. They also won the battle against the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

2 Samuel 1:13

David spoke to the young man who had brought him the report. He asked, “Where are you from?” “I’m the son of an outsider, an Amalekite,” he answered.

2 Samuel 1:7

Then he turned around and saw me. He called out to me. I said, ‘What do you want me to do?’

2 Samuel 1:9

“Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m close to death, but I’m still alive.’

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw the Amalekites. He spoke the message he had received from God. He said, “Amalek was the first nation to attack Israel. But their end will be total destruction.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go. Attack the Amalekites. Completely destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare the Amalekites. Put the men and women to death. Put the children and babies to death. Also kill the cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

1 Samuel 27:8

Sometimes David and his men would go up and attack the Geshurites. At other times they would attack the Girzites or the Amalekites. All those people had lived in the land that reached all the way to Shur and Egypt. They had been there for a long time.

1 Samuel 30:1

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag. The Amalekites had attacked the people of the Negev Desert. They had also attacked Ziklag and burned it.

1 Samuel 30:13

David asked him, “Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?” The man said, “I’m from Egypt. I’m the slave of an Amalekite. My master deserted me when I became ill three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:17

David fought against them from sunset until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped except 400 young men. They rode off on camels and got away.