2 Samuel 1:15

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Summary

2 Samuel 1:15

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

Go near

Bible References

Go near

when one told me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

And the king said to the guards who were attending him, “Turn around and put the priests of the Lord to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the Lord.

So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

The wicked earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.