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2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1:14

Saul’s Death Reported to David · 2 Samuel 1:1–16
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Translations

Modern
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
Traditional
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?
Literal
And David said to him, “How were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the anointed of YHWH?”
Latin
Et ait ad eum David: Quare non timuisti mittere manum tuam ut occideres christum Domini?

Original

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

Notes

2 Samuel 1:1–16

An unnamed Amalekite went to David, claiming that he had killed Saul. This claim was false. Saul had taken his own life(1 Samuel 31:4–6).

The Amalekite may have hoped that David would reward him for clearing the way for David to become king. Instead, David ordered him to be killed for harming the Lord’s anointed (the person God had chosen).

2 Samuel 1:1–27

The forty years of Saul’s reign ended in tragedy. The Philistines struck a devastating blow against his people. They killed Saul’s sons and later mutilated Saul’s body after he took his own life (1 Samuel 31). After these tragic events, the story begins to focus on David and his rise as a leader.

Parallels

1 Samuel 31:1–6 1 Chronicles 10:1–6

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Anoint Baanah David Mount Gilboa Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Citizens: Loyal: David David: King of Israel: Kills the Murderer of Saul Forgiveness: David Forgives Saul Government: Monarchical by David Kings: Guilt and Danger of Stretching out the Hand Against Loyalty: David Punishments were Inflicted by Order of Kings Religious Zeal in Punishing Evil People: David Reverence for Kings Sacred Anointing: Those Who Partook of not to be Injured or Insulted