2 Samuel 1:6

1:6 The young man who was telling him this ¹  said, “I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

2 Samuel 1:13

1:13 David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.” ² 

2 Samuel 1:15

1:15 Then David called one of the soldiers ³  and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

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¹ tc The Syriac Peshitta and one ms of the LXX lack the words “who was telling him this” of the MT.

² tn The Hebrew word used here refers to a foreigner whose social standing was something less than that of native residents of the land, but something more than that of a nonresident alien who was merely passing through.

³ tn Heb “young men.”