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 2 SAMUEL 1

An Amalekite comes to David and tells him that Saul and Jonathan are dead, and that Saul was mortally wounded and asked him to finish him, so he did. David is incensed and orders the Amalekite to be killed, delivering a eulogy about Jonathan and Saul.

PEOPLE: David - יהוה YHVH - Tribe of Judah

PLACES: Ziklag - Mount Gilboa - Gath - Ashkelon

RELATED ARTICLES: Saul - Amalekites - Jonathan - Book of Jasher (biblical references)

ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe