2 Samuel 1:15
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
2 Samuel 1:15 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died. |
| ASV | And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died. |
| YLT | And David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, ‘Draw nigh--fall upon him;' and he smiteth him, and he dieth; |
| DARBY | Then David called one of the young men and said, Draw near, and fall on him. And he smote him that he died. |
| BBE | And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death. |
| Webster | And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. |
What does 2 Samuel 1:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 1:13-15
13-15. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:11-16
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…
2 Samuel 1:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 1:15
- 1 Samuel 22:17-18
And 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. And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
- 1 Kings 2:25
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
- Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- 2 Samuel 4:10-12
When 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: How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
- 1 Kings 2:46
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 2:34
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
- Judges 8:20
And 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.
- Proverbs 11:18
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 1:14
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?
- 2 Samuel 1:15
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
- 2 Samuel 1:16
And 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.
2 Samuel 1:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces llamó David uno de los mancebos, y díjole: Llega, y mátalo. Y él lo hirió, y murió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors David appela un des jeunes hommes et lui dit: Approche et jette-toi sur lui! Et il le frappa, et il mourut. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und David rief einen von den Knaben und sprach: Tritt herzu, falle über ihn her! Und er erschlug ihn, und er starb. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vocansque David unum de pueris suis, ait: Accedens irrue in eum. Qui percussit illum, et mortuus est. |