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2 Samuel 1:7-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 1:7-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, so I answered: I’m at your service. 8 He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him: I’m an Amalekite.(A) 9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for I’m mortally wounded,[a] but my life still lingers.’(B)
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- 2 Samuel 1:9 LXX reads for terrible darkness has taken hold of me
2 Samuel 1:7-9
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:7-9
New International Version
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’
8 “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’
“‘An Amalekite,(A)’ I answered.
9 “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me!(B) I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’
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