Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 1:15
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Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
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And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
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David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
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And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.
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2 Samuel 1
13 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
14 So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
15 Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
16 For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
17 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
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