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# He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
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These direct quotations could be stated as indirect speech. AT: "He asked me who I was, and I told him that I am an Amalekite" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# I am an Amalekite
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These are the same people David just finishing attacking in [2 Samuel 1:01](./01.md).
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# great suffering has taken hold of me
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Saul's suffering is spoken of as something terrible that has grabbed hold of him. AT: "I am suffering terribly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# life is still in me
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This idiom means he is still alive. AT: "I am still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# he would not live after he had fallen
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"he would die anyway" |