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2 Samuel 1:9-11
Living Bible
2 Samuel 1:9-11
Living Bible
9 “‘Come and put me out of my misery,’ he begged, ‘for I am in terrible pain but life lingers on.’
10 “So I killed him,[a] for I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took his crown and one of his bracelets to bring to you, my lord.”
11 David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news.
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- 2 Samuel 1:10 So I killed him. He was evidently lying. See 1 Samuel 31:3 for the true account. Probably he had found Saul dead upon the field and thought David would reward him for killing his rival.
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