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2 Samuel 1:12-15 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

12. They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13. David said to the youth who had reported to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite.”

14. David said to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to put forth your hand to desecrate the Lord’s anointed?”

15. David then called one of the attendants and said to him, “Come, strike him down”; so he struck him and he died.

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