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2 Samuel 1:14

David
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12 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

15 Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

16 For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

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BSB
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
KJV
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?
WEB
David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
ASV
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah`s anointed?
DARBY
And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?
BLB
And David said to him, “How were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the anointed of YHWH?”
ÅB
Da sa David til ham: Hvordan kunne du driste deg til å utrekke din hånd og ta livet av Herrens salvede?
OTB
David sa til ham: «Hvordan kunne du våge å strekke ut hånden din for å ødelegge Herrens salvede?»
B1930
Da sa David til ham: Hvorledes kunde du driste dig til å utrekke din hånd og ta livet av Herrens salvede?

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 26:9

    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

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  • 2 Peter 2:10

    Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:6

    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

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  • Numbers 12:8

    I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

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  • Psalms 105:15

    “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

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  • 1 Samuel 31:4

    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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