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2 Samuel 1:15-17
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 1:15-17
Common English Bible
15 Then David called for one of the young servants. “Come here!” he said. “Strike him down!” So the servant struck the Amalekite down, and he died.
16 “Your blood is on your own head,” David said to the Amalekite, “because your own mouth testified against you when you admitted, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
David mourns Saul and Jonathan
17 Then David sang this funeral song[a] for Saul and his son Jonathan.
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2 Samuel 1:15-17
New International Version
2 Samuel 1:15-17
New International Version
15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”(A) So he struck him down, and he died.(B) 16 For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.(C) Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 David took up this lament(D) concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,(E)
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