15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. …
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)Here is, I. David’s reception of these tidings. So far was he from falling into a transport of joy, as the Amalekite expected, that he fell into a passion of weeping, rent his clothes (2 Sam. 1:11), mourned and fasted (2 Sam. 1:12), not only for his people Israel and Jonathan his friend but for Saul his enemy. This he did, not only as a man of honour, in observance of that decorum which forbids us…
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