2 Samuel 1:12-14

EasyEnglish Bible

¹² They cried and they wept until the evening. They did not eat any food. They were very upset about Saul and Jonathan, and all the Lord's people.^[a] They were sad because so many Israelites had died in the battle.

¹³ David asked the young man who had brought the report to him, ‘Where are you from?’

The man replied, ‘I am an Amalekite, the son of a foreign man who lives in Israel.’

¹⁴ David said to him, ‘The Lord had chosen Saul to be Israel's king. You should have been very afraid to kill him!’