2 Samuel 1:15

15 vocansque David unum de pueris ait accedens inrue in eum qui percussit illum et mortuus est

2 Samuel 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:15

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.

2 Samuel 1:15 In-Context

13 dixitque David ad iuvenem qui nuntiaverat ei unde es qui respondit filius hominis advenae amalechitae ego sum

14 et ait ad eum David quare non timuisti mittere manum tuam ut occideres christum Domini

15 vocansque David unum de pueris ait accedens inrue in eum qui percussit illum et mortuus est

16 et ait ad eum David sanguis tuus super caput tuum os enim tuum locutum est adversum te dicens ego interfeci christum Domini

17 planxit autem David planctum huiuscemodi super Saul et super Ionathan filium eius