2 Samuel 1:15

And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

14David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed?

16And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord's anointed.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the messengers that stood about him: Turn, and kill the priests of the Lord, for their hand is with David, because they knew that he was fled, and they told it not to me. And the king's servants would not put forth their hands against the priests of the Lord.

1 Kings 2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.

1 Kings 2:46So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him, and he died.

Proverbs 11:18The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful 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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