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2 Samuel 1:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” "

2 Samuel 1:14

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

13 David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

15 David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.

16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’”

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"David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king."

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"David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”"

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2 Samuel 1:1

"After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,"

2 Samuel 1:2

"on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth and showed respect."

2 Samuel 1:3

"David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”"

2 Samuel 1:4

"David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”"

2 Samuel 1:5

"David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”"

2 Samuel 1:6

"The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him."

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