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2 Samuel 1:16 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 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.2 Samuel 1:16 · King James Version
2 Samuel 1:16 in context
14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?
15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
16And 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.
17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- testifiedʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- anointedmâshîyachanointedH4899 →
- LORD'SYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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Here is, I. David's reception of these tidings. So far was he from falling into a transport of joy, as the Amalekite expected, that he fell into a passion of weeping, rent his clothes (Sa2 1:11), mourned and fasted (Sa2 1:12), not only for his people Israel and Jonathan his friend but for Saul his enemy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-16