David Executes the Amalekite Messenger

2 Samuel 1:11-16

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and likewise all the men who were with him.

They wailed and cried, and they fasted until evening for Sha'ul, for Y'honatan his son, for ADONAI's people and for the house of Isra'el; because they had fallen by the sword.

David said to the young man who had told him, "Where are you from?" He answered, "I'm the son of a [resident] foreigner, an 'Amaleki."

David asked him, "How is it that you weren't afraid to raise your hand to destroy ADONAI's anointed?"

David called one of his young men and said, "Go over to him, and kill him." The man struck him down, and he died.

David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head. Your own mouth convicted you when you said, 'I killed ADONAI's anointed.'"

David Executes the Amalekite Messenger

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