2 Samuel 1:15 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 1:15

Then 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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ASV

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

KJV

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And David called one of the young men,.... His servants that attended on him: and said, go near, and fall upon him; by smiting him with his sword: and he smote him, that he died; his orders were instantly obeyed. Kings and generals of armies had great power in those times and countries to execute a man immediately, without any other judge or jury: what may serve, or David might think would serve, to justify him in doing this, is what follows.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

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 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

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֣א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
דָוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לְאַחַד֙	le.'a.Chad	to one	H259 →
מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים	me.ha.ne.'a.Rim	from the young men	H5288 →
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
גַּ֣שׁ	gash	draw near	H5066 →
פְּגַע־	pe.ga'-	fall	H6293 →
בּ֑וֹ	bo	on <the> him
וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ	vai.ya.Ke.hu	and he struck down him	H5221 →
וַיָּמֹֽת׃	vai.ya.Mot	and he died	H4191 →

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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
Job 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
leads to
- Psalms 33:10–11
  The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Psalms 21:11
  Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Isaiah 8:10
  Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Psalms 37:17
  For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Through
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
leads to
- Galatians 6:8–9
  The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
  He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Hosea 10:12–13
  Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

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