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2 Samuel 1:15

David
Justice

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.”

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

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.’”

17 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
KJV
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
WEB
David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
ASV
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.
DARBY
Then David called one of the young men and said, Draw near, [and] fall on him. And he smote him that he died.
BLB
And David called one of the young men and said, “Go near [and] fall upon him.” And he struck him, and he died.
ÅB
Og David kalte på en av sine menn og sa: Kom hit og hugg ham ned! Og han slo ham ihjel.
OTB
Da kalte David på en av sine menn og sa: «Gå og slå ham ned.» Så slo han ham, og mannen døde.
B1930
Og David kalte på en av sine menn og sa: Kom hit og hugg ham ned! Og han slo ham ihjel.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 22:17–18

    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 2:25

    So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

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  • Job 5:12

    He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

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  • 2 Samuel 4:10–12

    when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

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  • 1 Kings 2:46

    Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.

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  • 1 Kings 2:34

    So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

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  • Judges 8:20

    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

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  • Proverbs 11:18

    The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

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