Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 1:7
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When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
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And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here [am] I.
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When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
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And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
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2 Samuel 1
5 Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that 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, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
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