Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 1:9
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Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
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He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.
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He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
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2 Samuel 1
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.’
10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
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