# 2 Samuel 1.15 **Book:** [2 Samuel](/codex/2-samuel/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 13. And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite. 14. And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed? > > **15. And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.** > > 16. And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed. 17. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son (2 Samuel 1:13-17, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 13. David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.” 14. David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?” > > **15. David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.** > > 16. David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’” 17. David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son (2 Samuel 1:13-17, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 13. And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14. And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed? > > **15. And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.** > > 16. And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed. 17. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (2 Samuel 1:13-17, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 13. And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, 'Whence [art] thou?' and he saith, 'Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I [am].' 14. And David saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?' > > **15. And David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, 'Draw nigh, fall upon him;' and he smiteth him, and he dieth;** > > 16. and David saith unto him, 'Thy blood [is] on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I, I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.' 17. And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son; (2 Samuel 1:13-17, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H4191 - mut](/codex/h4191-mut/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.