2 Samuel 1:7-9

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⁷ When he looked back and saw me, he called to me. I answered him, ‘Here I am!’

⁸ “Then Saul asked me, ‘Who are you?’

“I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

⁹ “Then Saul said to me, ‘Please come here and ·kill me [put me out of my misery]. I am ·badly hurt [in the throes of death; ^Lconvulsions have seized me] and ·am almost dead already [yet my life still lingers].’