3 David asked him, “Where have you come from? ”He replied to him, “I’ve escaped from the Israelite camp.”
4 “What was the outcome? Tell me,” David asked him.“The troops fled from the battle,” he answered. “Many of the troops have fallen and are dead. Also, Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
5 David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ”
6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, so I answered: I’m at your service.
8 He asked me, ‘Who are you? ’ I told him: I’m an Amalekite.
9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for I’m mortally wounded, but my life still lingers.’