# He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

These direct quotations could be stated as indirect speech. Alternate translation: "He asked me who I was, and I told him that I am an Amalekite" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])

# I am an Amalekite

These are the same people David just finished attacking in [2 Samuel 1:1](../01/01.md).