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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/translate/figs-quotations)

I am an Amalekite

These are the same people David just finishing attacking in 2 Samuel 1:01.