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

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]])

# I am an Amalekite

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

# great suffering has taken hold of me

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]])

# life is still in me

This idiom means he is still alive. AT: "I am still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# he would not live after he had fallen

"he would die anyway"