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.’”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 1:16 in context
2 Samuel 1:13–19
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David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
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David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
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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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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 lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
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(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
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“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!
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