2 Samuel 1:15

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him so that he died.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

In Context

14And David said to him, Why were thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy LORD's anointed?

16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head, for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain LORD's anointed.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill the priests of LORD, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would no

1 Kings 2:25And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he fell upon him so that he died.

1 Kings 2:46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And he went out, and fell upon him so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Proverbs 11:18A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:12-17

11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord , and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 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. 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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