“He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 1 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.