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The young man who was talking to him said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The chariots and charioteers[a] were closing in on him. When Saul looked behind him, he saw me and called to me and I answered, ‘I am here.’

“He said to me, ‘Who are you?’

“I said to him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:6 Many translate this word horsemen, but since there is no evidence that cavalry was used in battle at this time, the term likely refers to the occupants of the chariots.