King James Version (KJV)
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?”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
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.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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