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.
Whence art thou? The man had at the outset stated who he was. But the question was now formally and judicially put.
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2 Samuel 1:13
13 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.