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.”
11 David tore his clothes in sorrow, and all his men did the same.
12 They grieved and mourned and fasted until evening for Saul and Jonathan and for Israel, the people of the Lord, because so many had been killed in battle.
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 to 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,