2 Samuel 1:15

2 Samuel 1:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
• New International Version (NIV)Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then David called one of the young men and said, "Go, execute him." And he struck him down so that he died.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and execute him!” And he struck him so that he died.

Context of 2 Samuel 1:15

13David asked the young man who had brought the report to him, ‘Where are you from?’ The man replied, ‘I am an Amalekite, the son of a foreign man who lives in Israel.’ 14David said to him, ‘The Lord had chosen Saul to be Israel's king. You should have been very afraid to kill him!’ Then David said to one of his own young men, ‘Go and knock him down!’ So the man knocked him down so that he died. 16David had said to the Amalekite, ‘You deserve to die because of what you have said. Your own words show that you did a bad thing. You yourself said, “I have killed the Lord's chosen king.” ’ 17David sang this song to remember the death of Saul and his son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 1:15 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֣א דָוִ֗ד לְאַחַד֙ מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים וַיֹּ֖אמֶר גַּ֣שׁ פְּגַע־בּ֑וֹ וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ וַיָּמֹֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of the young menנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Go nearנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: approachH5066
• fallפָּגַעpâga‛ · to fall onH6293
• upon him. And he smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him that he diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 1:15

• 2 Samuel 4:10When someone told me in Ziklag, “Saul is dead”, he thought that he was bringing good news to me. But I took hold of him and I told my men to kill him. That was how I paid him for his good news!
• Judges 8:20Gideon said to his oldest son, Jether, ‘Kill them now!’ But Jether was only a boy. He was too afraid to do anything.
• 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king said to the guards who were near him, ‘Now kill the Lord's priests! They have been helping David. They knew that he was running away from me. But they did not tell me.’ But the king's officers refused to hurt the Lord's priests.
• 1 Kings 2:25So King Solomon commanded Jehoiada's son Benaiah to kill Adonijah. So Adonijah died.
• Job 5:12He stops the ideas of clever people. They cannot do what they want to do.
• Proverbs 11:18A wicked person gets riches that soon disappear. But someone who lives in a good way will surely receive good things.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 David was sincere in his mourning for Saul; and all with him humbled themselves under the hand of God, laid so heavily upon Israel by this defeat. The man who brought the tidings, David put to death, as a murderer of his prince. David herein did not do unjustly; the Amalekite confessed the crime. If he did as he said, he deserved to die for treason; and his lying to David, if indeed it were a lie, proved, as sooner or later that sin will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16The Amalekite expected a reward for killing David’s rival but was instead condemned for killing the Lord’s anointed. David himself had twice refused the opportunity to kill Saul (see 1 Samuel 24:5–7; 26:9–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. David said unto the young man ... Whence art thou?--The man had at the outset stated who he was. But the question was now formally and judicially put. The punishment inflicted on the Amalekite may seem too severe, but the respect paid to kings in the West must not be regarded as the standard for that which the East may think due to royal station. David's reverence for Saul, as the Lord's anointed, was in his mind a principle on which he had…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 1:15

• David
• Forgiveness
• Government
• Homicide

In the dictionaries

• David
• Beauty
• Empty
• Gilboa
• Lovely
• Tell
• Vilely
• Whole
• Ziklag
• Amalek; Amalekite

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings