David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.” ¹ 

biblegateway 2Sa 1:13

David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite."

David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I'm the son of a foreigner" he said. "I'm an Amalekite."

David asked the young man who had brought him the news, "Where are you from?" And the young man answered, "I’m an Amalekite, the son of a foreign resident."

biblegateway 2Sa 1:13

David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.

And David said to the young man who told him, "Where do you come from?" And he answered, "I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite."

bibleoremus 2Sa 1:13

David said to the young man who had reported to him, "Where do you come from?" He answered, "I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite."

David said to the young man who brought him the news, “Where do you come from?” and he answered, “I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.”

biblegateway 2Sa 1:13

Then David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite."

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

biblegateway 2Sa 1:13

David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.” ¹ 

¹ tn The Hebrew word used here refers to a foreigner whose social standing was something less than that of native residents of the land, but something more than that of a nonresident alien who was merely passing through.