- The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.
- "When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, 'Here I am.'
- "He said to me, 'Who are you?' And I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
- "Then he said to me, 'Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.'
- "So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."
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- "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him.
- When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'
- "He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.
- "Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
- "So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
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