2 Samuel 1:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’

“ ‘An Amalekite,’ I answered.

⁹ “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m close to death, but I’m still alive.’

¹⁰ “So I stood beside him and killed him. I did it because I knew that after he had lost the battle he would be killed anyway. So I took the crown that was on his head. I also took his armband. I’ve brought them here to you. You are my master.”