2 Samuel 1:14 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 1:14

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Cassian

CONFERENCE 21.4.2 (435)

We know that David went beyond the precepts of the law when, despite Moses' command to pay back one's enemies in kind, he not only did not do this but even embraced his persecutors in love, prayed devoutly to the Lord on their behalf, even wept mournfully for them and revenged them when they were slain.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And his lying to David, if indeed it was a lie, was highly criminal, and proved, as sooner or later that sin will prove, lying against his own head. He did honourably and well.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In present circumstances it was especially important that his principle should be publicly known; and to free himself from the imputation of being in any way accessory to the execrable crime of regicide was the part of a righteous judge, no less than of a good politician.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָ֖יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
דָּוִ֑ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֵ֚יךְ	'eikh	how?	H349 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָרֵ֔אתָ	ya.Re.ta	were you afraid	H3372 →
לִשְׁלֹ֙חַ֙	lish.Lo.ach	to stretch out	H7971 →
יָֽדְךָ֔	ya.de.Kha	hand your	H3027 →
לְשַׁחֵ֖ת	le.sha.Chet	to destroy	H7843 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מְשִׁ֥יחַ	me.Shi.ach	[the] [one] anointed of	H4899 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 12:8
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?”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:10
  Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
- 1 Corinthians 13:12
  Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- Exodus 33:11
  Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not…
- Exodus 24:10–11
  and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
- Exodus 33:23
  Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
Through
2 Peter 2:10
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.
leads to
- Jude 1:16
  These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
- Jude 1:10
  These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- Jude 1:18
  when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 2 Samuel