2 Samuel 1:14

And David said unto him: 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’S anointed?

In Context

13And David said unto the young man that told him: 'Whence art thou?' And he answered: 'I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.'

15And David called one of the young men, and said: 'Go near, and fall upon him.' And he smote him that he died.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:6(24-7) And he said unto his men: 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should do this thing unto my lord, the LORD'S anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD'S anointed.'

1 Samuel 24:11(24-12) Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou layest wait for my soul to take it.

1 Samuel 31:4Then said Saul to his armour-bearer: 'Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make a mock of me.' But his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

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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