2 Samuel 1:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David said to him, “Were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

Cross References

Psalm 105:15

saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life, was taken in their pits— the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak face to face—clearly, not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. “Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

2 Peter 2:10

—especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him; he said, “The Lord has anointed you ruler over his people Israel. You shall reign over the people of the Lord, and you will save them from the hand of their enemies all around. Now this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his heritage:

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me, and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:6

He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to raise my hand against him, for he is the Lord’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 24:7

So David rebuked his men severely and did not permit them to attack Saul. Then Saul got up and left the cave and went on his way.

1 Samuel 26:11

The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed, but now take the spear that is at his head and the water jar, and let us go.”

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and thrust me through and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer was unwilling, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.