2 Samuel 1:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹² They were very sad and cried. They did not eat until evening. They cried for Saul and his son Jonathan. And they cried for the Israelites who had been killed with swords.

David Orders the Amalekite Killed

¹³ David asked the young man who brought the report, “Where are you from?”

The young man answered, “I am the son of a foreigner. I am an Amalekite.”

¹⁴ David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’s appointed king?”