World English Bible

2 Samuel 1:16

“David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.”

Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1

David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?

David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." He struck him, so that he died.

David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.

David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.