2 Samuel 1:15

2 Samuel 1:15 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then David said to one of his men, “Kill him!” So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him.

Context of 2 Samuel 1:15

13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14And 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. 16And 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. 17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

2 Samuel 1:15 word by word

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

• 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 one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
• Judges 8:20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
• 1 Samuel 22:17And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
• Job 5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
• Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

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