2 Samuel 1 · Verse 13

2 Samuel 1:13

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

2 Samuel 1:13, King James Version

2 Samuel 1:13 in other translations

BSB	And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
WEB	David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
ASV	And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.
YLT	And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, ‘Whence art thou?' and he saith, ‘Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I am.'
DARBY	And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.
BBE	And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.
Webster	And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

What does 2 Samuel 1:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 1:13-15

13-15. David said unto the young man ... Whence art thou?--The man had at the outset stated who he was. But the question was now formally and judicially put. The punishment inflicted on the Amalekite may seem too severe, but the respect paid to kings in the West must not be regarded as the standard for that which the East may think due to royal station. David's reverence for Saul, as the Lord's anointed, was in his mind a principle on which he had faithfully acted on several occasions of great temptation. In present circumstances it was especially important that his principle should be publicly known; and to free himself from the imputation of being in any way accessory to the execrable crime of regicide was the part of a righteous judge, no less than of a good politician. 2Sa 1:17-27. David Laments Saul and Jonathan.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:11-16

David was sincere in his mourning for Saul; and all with him humbled themselves under the hand of God, laid so heavily upon Israel by this defeat. The man who brought the tidings, David put to death, as a murderer of his prince. David herein did not do unjustly; the Amalekite confessed the crime. If he did as he said, he deserved to die for treason; and his lying to David, if indeed it were a lie, proved, as sooner…

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2 Samuel 1:13 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

דָּוִ֗דda.VidDavidH1732

אֶל\־'el-toH413

הַנַּ֙עַר֙ha.Na.'arthe young manH5288

הַמַּגִּ֣ידha.ma.Gidwho had toldH5046

ל֔וֹloto <the> him

אֵ֥י'eiwhere?H335

מִזֶּ֖הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088

אָ֑תָּה'A.tah[are] youH859

וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

בֶּן\־ben-[am the] son ofH1121

אִ֛ישׁ'isha manH376

גֵּ֥רgera sojournerH1616

עֲמָלֵקִ֖י'a.mal.Kian AmalekiteH6003

אָנֹֽכִי\׃'a.No.khiIH595

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 1:13

2 Samuel 1:8
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

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Context

2 Samuel 1:12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:13
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
2 Samuel 1:14
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?

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2 Samuel 1:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y David dijo á aquel mancebo que le había traído las nuevas: ¿De dónde eres tú? Y él respondió: Yo soy hijo de un extranjero, Amalecita.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et David dit au jeune homme qui lui avait rapporté ces choses: D’où es-tu? Et il dit: Je suis fils d’un homme étranger, d’un Amalékite.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und David sprach zu dem Jüngling, der ihm berichtete: Woher bist du? Und er sprach: Ich bin der Sohn eines amalekitischen Fremdlings.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dixitque David ad juvenem qui nuntiaverat ei: Unde es tu? Qui respondit: Filius hominis advenæ Amalecitæ ego sum.