2nd Samuel Chapter 1 verse 8 Holy Bible
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.
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And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.
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And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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And he said to me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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He said to me, Who are you? I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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And he saith to me, Who `art' thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I `am'.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) An Amalekite.--The Amalekites were hereditary foes of Israel, having attacked them on their first coming out of Egypt (Exodus 17:8-13), and at different times afterwards in the wilderness (Numbers 14:45; Deuteronomy 25:18). During the period of the judges they had also repeatedly joined the foes of Israel (Judges 3:13; Judges 6:3), but some years before this they had been terribly defeated by Saul (1Samuel 15:4-9). and it is possible that the present messenger may either have attached himself to the army of the conqueror, or have been compelled, according to ancient custom, to serve in its ranks. One of their bands had also just received a severe blow at the hands of David, but of this last attack the Amalekite could not have known. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew‘Whoמִי־ (mî-)InterrogativeStrong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffixare you?’אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh)Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youhe asked.וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saySo I toldוָאֹמַ֣ר (wā·’ō·mar)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayhim,אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's 413: Near, with, among, to‘I amאָנֹֽכִי׃ (’ā·nō·ḵî)Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 595: Ian Amalekite.’עֲמָלֵקִ֖י (‘ă·mā·lê·qî)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6003: Amalekites -- descendants of AmalekJump to PreviousAm' Amalekite Amal'ekite Who
