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2 Samuel 1:14

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

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:12

    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.

  2. 2 Samuel 1:13

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.