2 Samuel 1:14 “So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to dest…”

2 Samuel 1:14

So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?

World English Bible

David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

American Standard Version

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah’s anointed?

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afrayd, to put forth thine hand to destroy the Anoynted of the Lord?

Darby Translation

And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

Young's Literal Translation

And David saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'

Bible in Basic English

And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

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Cross references

“How”

Numbers 12:8 1 Samuel 31:4 2 Peter 2:10

Numbers 12:8 · BSB

I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

1 Samuel 31:4 · BSB

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul t…

2 Peter 2:10 · BSB

Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

“stretch forth”

1 Samuel 26:9 1 Samuel 24:6 Psalm 105:15

1 Samuel 26:9 · BSB

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 24:6 · BSB

So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

Psalm 105:15 · BSB

“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13And 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.”

15Then 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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