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In 2 Samuel 1:5–10, [42] an Amalekite tells David that he found Saul leaning on his spear after the battle of Gilboa. The Amalekite claims he euthanized Saul, at Saul's request, and removed his crown. David gives orders to his men to kill the Amalekite for killing the anointed king, believing him to be guilty by admission. [43]
This chapter is a conclusion to the narrative about Saul and David. [5] It opened with an Amalekite reporting to David about Saul's death which is an entirely different account to the one in 1 Samuel 31:3–5, because this messenger claimed he killed Saul on the dying king's request and as proof he presented the king's crown and armlet to David. [16]
In 2 Samuel 1:5–10, [55] an Amalekite tells David that he found Saul leaning on his spear after the battle of Gilboa. The Amalekite claims he euthanized Saul, at Saul's request, and removed his crown. David gives orders to his men to kill the Amalekite for killing the anointed king, believing him to be guilty by admission. [56]
An Amalekite comes to David and tells him that Saul and Jonathan are dead, and that Saul was mortally wounded and asked him to finish him, so he did. David is incensed and orders the Amalekite to be killed, delivering a eulogy about Jonathan and Saul. PEOPLE: David - יהוה YHVH - Tribe of Judah. PLACES: Ziklag - Mount Gilboa - Gath - Ashkelon
1 Samuel 31 & 1 Chronicles 10: Saul lets his armour-bearer kill him. 2 Samuel 1: Saul lets a passing Amalekite kill him. 11th century BCE Probably not historical David versus Ish-bosheth: 2 Samuel 2:8–4:5 War of succession upon Saul's death between his son Ish-bosheth and son-in-law David. c. 1000 BCE Probably not historical Pool of Gibeon
[5] [15] When Saul did not completely fulfill the order, Samuel spoke an oracle of judgement to Saul (verses 17–31), a similar prophetic attitude as in 8:1–22 and 13:8–15, but here the rejection of Saul is final and absolute (verses 28–29) and 'parabolically confirmed by the accidental tearing of Samuel's robe when Saul made his last ...
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While Saul battled the Philistines David returned to Ziklag only to find it burned by the Amalekites and its inhabitants carried away. The attack was probably in retaliation for David's raid on the Amalekites (1 Samuel 27:8, 10).