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2 Samuel 1:9

He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’

2 Samuel 1:9 WEB

2 Samuel 1:9 in the King James Version

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.

Context

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

9 He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’

10 So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”

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