2 Samuel 1:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here sir.’ ⁸ And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ ⁹ He said to me, ‘Come, stand over me and kill me; for convulsions have seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’