2 Samuel 1:10

The Message

“So I did what he asked—I killed him. I knew he wouldn’t last much longer anyway. I removed his royal headband and bracelet, and have brought them to my master. Here they are.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

“You asked for it,” David told him. “You sealed your death sentence when you said you killed God’s anointed king.”

2 Samuel 1:9

“Come here,” he said, “and put me out of my misery. I’m nearly dead already, but my life hangs on.”

2 Kings 11:12

Then the priest brought the prince into view, crowned him, handed him the scroll of God’s covenant, and made him king. As they anointed him, everyone applauded and shouted, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 22:18

Then the king told Doeg, “You do it—massacre the priests!” Doeg the Edomite led the attack and slaughtered the priests, the eighty-five men who wore the sacred robes. He then carried the massacre into Nob, the city of priests, killing man and woman, child and baby, ox, donkey, and sheep—the works.