13 Then David said to the young man who informed him, “Where are you from?” And he [a]answered, “(A)I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.” 14 And David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid (B)to reach out with your hand to destroy the Lords anointed?” 15 Then David called one of the young men and said, “Come forward, [b]put him to death.” (C)So he struck him and he died.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:13 Lit said
  2. 2 Samuel 1:15 Lit fall on him

13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?”

“I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,(A)” he answered.

14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?(B)

15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”(C) So he struck him down, and he died.(D)

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