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13 David asked the young man who had brought the report to him, ‘Where are you from?’

The man replied, ‘I am an Amalekite, the son of a foreign man who lives in Israel.’

14 David said to him, ‘The Lord had chosen Saul to be Israel's king. You should have been very afraid to kill him!’

15 Then David said to one of his own young men, ‘Go and knock him down!’ So the man knocked him down so that he died.

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

“I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,(A)” he answered.

14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?(B)

15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”(C) So he struck him down, and he died.(D)

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