^{4 Ref} And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

^{5 Ref} And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

^{6 Ref} And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

^{7 Ref} And looking back, he saw me and gave a cry to me. And answering him I said, Here am I.

^{8 Ref} And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.

⁹ Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

^{10 Ref} So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.