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Passage Lookup: 2 Samuel 1:1-16
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After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
2 Samuel 1:1
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and with dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
2 Samuel 1:2
- Variant Count: 1 (2%)
On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
"Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
2 Samuel 1:3
- Variant Count: 5 (27%)
"Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
"What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
2 Samuel 1:4
- Variant Count: 8 (27%)
"What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." "The men fled from the battle," he replied. "Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
2 Samuel 1:5
- Variant Count: 3 (12%)
Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him.
2 Samuel 1:6
- Variant Count: 8 (27%)
"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.
When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'
2 Samuel 1:7
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?'
"He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.
2 Samuel 1:8
- Variant Count: 2 (18%)
"He asked me, ‘Who are you?' "‘An Amalekite,' I answered.
"Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
2 Samuel 1:9
- Variant Count: 4 (17%)
"Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I'm in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
"So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
2 Samuel 1:10
- Variant Count: 4 (8%)
"So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
2 Samuel 1:11
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:12
- Variant Count: 2 (5%)
They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.
2 Samuel 1:13
- Variant Count: 7 (25%)
David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite," he answered.
David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
2 Samuel 1:14
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
David asked him, "Why weren't you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?"
Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.
2 Samuel 1:15
- Variant Count: 3 (13%)
Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.
For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the LORD's anointed.' "
2 Samuel 1:16
- Variant Count: 4 (13%)
For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord 's anointed.'"
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