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2 Samuel 1:16

World English Bible

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

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2 Samuel 1:16 in other translations

And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah’s anointed.

2 Samuel 1:16 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 1:16 in context

  1. 14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
  2. 15David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
  3. 16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
  4. 17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
  5. 18(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):