2 Samuel 1:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³ David asked the young man who had brought him the news, “Where are you from?”

He answered, “I'm an Amalekite, but I live in your country.”

¹⁴ David asked him, “How is it that you dared kill the Lord's chosen king?” ¹⁵ Then David called one of his men and said, “Kill him!” The man struck the Amalekite and mortally wounded him,