2 Samuel 1:15

And calling one of his servants, David said, “Draw near and rush against him” And he struck him, and he died.

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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 you not afraid to put forth your hand, so that you would kill the Christ of the Lord?”

16And David said to him: “Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has spoken against you, saying: ‘I have killed the Christ of the Lord.’”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the emissaries who were standing around him: “You shall turn, and put to death the priests of the Lord. For their hand is with David. They knew that he had fled, and they did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to extend their hands against the priests of the Lord.

1 Kings 2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who put him to death, and so he died.

1 Kings 2:46And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.

Proverbs 11:18The impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulness.

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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