4 “Tell me what happened,” David said.“Our army ran away from the battle,” he replied, “and many of our men were killed. Saul and his son Jonathan were also killed.”
5 “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan are dead?” David asked him.
6 He answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and I saw that Saul was leaning on his spear and that the chariots and horsemen of the enemy were closing in on him.
7 Then he turned round, saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Yes, sir!’
8 He asked who I was, and I told him that I was an Amalekite.
9 Then he said, ‘Come here and kill me! I have been badly wounded, and I'm about to die.’
10 So I went up to him and killed him, because I knew that he would die anyway as soon as he fell. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them to you, sir.”