2 Samuel 1:8-10

Living Bible

⁸ “‘Who are you?’ he asked.

“‘An Amalekite,’ I replied.

⁹ “‘Come and put me out of my misery,’ he begged, ‘for I am in terrible pain but life lingers on.’

¹⁰ “So I killed him,^[a] for I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took his crown and one of his bracelets to bring to you, my lord.”