2 Samuel 1:10
“So I stood vpon him, and slew him, because I was sure that hee could not liue after that hee was fallen: And I tooke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and haue brought them hither vnto my lord.”
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2 Samuel 1:10 Context
8And hee said vnto mee, Who art thou? and I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 9He said vnto me againe, Stand, I pray thee, vpon me, and slay me: for anguish is come vpon mee, because my life is yet whole in me. 10So I stood vpon him, and slew him, because I was sure that hee could not liue after that hee was fallen: And I tooke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and haue brought them hither vnto my lord. 11Then Dauid tooke hold on his clothes, and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him. 12And they mourned and wept, and fasted vntill Euen, for Saul and for Ionathan his sonne, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.
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So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that [was] upon his head, and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
- King James Version
"So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which {was} on his head and the bracelet which {was} on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."
- New American Standard Version (1995)