Then David said to the young man who had brought the news, “Where are you from?” And he replied, “I am a foreigner, an Amalekite, who lives in your land.”
Parallel translations
- WEB David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
- KJV And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
- BSB And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
- NKJV Then David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.”
- NASB Then David said to the young man who informed him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.”
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Quick answer
David again asks the messenger his origin, drawing out that he is a resident foreigner and Amalekite. This confirms the grounds for judgment.
Overview
David returns to the question of the man's identity, fixing attention on his being an Amalekite and a sojourner who should have known Israel's reverence for the king. The repetition makes the man's guilt explicit before the verdict. It also highlights that even a foreigner living in Israel was accountable to honor the Lord's anointed.
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- 2 Sam 1:8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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