2 Samuel 1:15

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Og David kalte på en av sine menn og sa: Kom hit og hugg ham ned! Og han slo ham ihjel.

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Go near: 2 Samuel 4:10-12, Judges 8:20, 1 Samuel 22:17, 1 Samuel 22:18, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:46, Job 5:12, Proverbs 11:18

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:12 - slew them 2 Samuel 18:13 - wrought

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.