2 Samuel 1:16
And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head, for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain LORD's anointed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
Cross References
Leviticus 20:9For he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Leviticus 20:16And if a woman approaches to any beast, and lays down with it, thou shall kill the woman and the beast. They shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 19:10that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of thy land, which LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Judges 9:24that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother who killed them, and upon the men of Shechem who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
1 Samuel 26:9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
2 Samuel 3:28And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
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 →