2 Samuel 1:15

And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he smote him, and he died.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?

16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

1 Kings 2:25So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he slew him, and Adonijah died in that day.

1 Kings 2:46l so Solomon the son of David reigned over Israel and Judah in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 11:18An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: 1 But the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth. 1

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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