2 Samuel 1:8

2 Samuel Old Testament

WEB

He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

KJV

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

Commentary

Commentary

And he said unto me, who art thou?.... Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behi nd him he could not tell: and I answered him, I am an Amalekite: which he might be; but it is not likely he should tell Saul he was, which would not recommend him to him; though indeed he was now in such circumstances, that the Amalekites had nothing to fear from him; and if he was slain by him, as Josephus (f) affirms he was, it seems to be a just retaliation on him for sparing any of that race, contrary to the will of God. (f) Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 7.