2 Samuel 1:15

15 Then David called one of the young men and said, "Come here and strike him down." So he struck him down and he died.

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 David said to the young man who had reported to him, "Where do you come from?" He answered, "I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite."

14 David said to him, "Were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?"

15 Then David called one of the young men and said, "Come here and strike him down." So he struck him down and he died.

16 David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, "I have killed the Lord's anointed.' "

17 David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.