2 Samuel 1:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m close to death, but I’m still alive.’

¹⁰ “So I stood beside him and killed him. I did it because I knew that after he had lost the battle he would be killed anyway. So I took the crown that was on his head. I also took his armband. I’ve brought them here to you. You are my master.”

¹¹ Then David tore his clothes. And all his men tore their clothes.