3 David asked him, “Where have you come from?”“I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he answered.
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.’