2 Samuel 1:16
David had told the Amalekite, “Your death is your own fault because you testified against yourself when you said, ‘I killed the Lord's anointed one.’”
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17Then David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:9Anyone who curses their father or mother must be executed. They have cursed their father or mother; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.
Leviticus 20:16A woman who gives herself to an animal to have sex with it must be executed, along with the animal. They must both be killed; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.
Deuteronomy 19:10In this way the blood of innocent people won't be shed in the country the Lord your God is giving you to own and you won't be responsible for the death of innocent people who aren't guilty of losing their lives.
Judges 9:24This happened because of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerub-baal and that responsibility for their blood be placed on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who provided the means to kill his brothers.
1 Samuel 26:9But David said to Abishai, “No, don't kill him! Who can attack the Lord's anointed one and not be guilty of a crime?
2 Samuel 3:28When David heard about this later he said, “I and my kingdom are totally innocent before the Lord regarding the death of Abner, 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 →