15Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.


In Context

12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.

14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?"

15 Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.

16 For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the Lord 's anointed.' "

17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

2nd Samuel 1:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15Then David called one of the young men and said, Draw near, and fall on him. And he smote him that he died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15David called one of the young men, and said, |Go near, and fall on him.| He struck him, so that he died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15And David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, 'Draw nigh — fall upon him;' and he smiteth him, and he dieth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him. And he smote him that he died.