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2 Samuel 1:14–16

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

15Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”o So he struck him down, and he died.p 16For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.q Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”

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  1. nSee 1 Sa 12:3; See 26:9
  2. o2 Sa 4:12
  3. p2 Sa 4:10
  4. qSee Lev 20:9; Mt 27:24–25; Ac 18:6

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died. And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

David questioned him, “How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” Then David summoned one of his servants and said, “Come here and kill him!” The servant struck him, and he died. For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood is on your own head because your own mouth testified against you by saying, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’s anointed one?” David asked.

Then David said to one of his men, “Kill him!” So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him. “You have condemned yourself,” David said, “for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord’s anointed one.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

David said to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed one?” Then David called to one of the young men and said to him, “Come near; strike him.” So he struck him down and he died. David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, ‘I killed Yahweh’s anointed one!’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed? And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed.