2 Samuel 1:8

In 11 translations

BSB

‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

KJV

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

WEB

He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

ASV

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

LSV

And he says to me, Who [are] you? And I say to him, I [am] an Amalekite.

YLT

And he saith to me, Who [art] thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I [am].'

DBY

And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.

DRC

And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.

GNV

And he said vnto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

JPS

And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.

LXXE

And he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amalekite.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֖י מִי־אָ֑תָּה ויאמר אֵלָ֔יו עֲמָלֵקִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃Read aloud as (qere): וָאֹמַ֣ר

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπέ μοι, τίς εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπα, Ἀμαληκίτης ἐγώ εἰμι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
• 1 Samuel 30:13Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
• 1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
• Deuteronomy 25:17–19Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt, how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God. When the LORD your God…
• Genesis 14:7Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
• 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
• Numbers 24:20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
• Exodus 17:8–16After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God…

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