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2 Samuel 1:14-16
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2 Samuel 1:14-16
Easy-to-Read Version
14 David said to the young soldier, “Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’s chosen king[a]?”
15-16 Then David told the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You said you killed the Lord’s chosen king, so your own words prove you are guilty.” Then David called one of his young servants and told him to kill the Amalekite. So the young Israelite killed him.
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- 2 Samuel 1:14 chosen king Literally, “anointed one.”
2 Samuel 1:14-16
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2 Samuel 1:14-16
New International Version
14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?(A)”
15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”(B) So he struck him down, and he died.(C) 16 For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.(D) Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
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