1. 2 Samuel 1:13 (NEG79)
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What does it mean that the Amalekite is the son of a sojourner?

2 Samuel 1:13 (NEG79)

13 David dit au jeune homme qui lui avait apporté ces nouvelles: D'où es-tu? Et il répondit: Je suis le fils d'un étranger, d'un Amalécite.

The Hebrew term translated as sojourner refers to someone who was not born in Israel but decided to come and live in Israel. This person would be integrated into Israelite community life and exposed to the teachings of the law.1