NET Bible
"David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”"
— 2 Samuel 1:14, NET Bible
“And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”
“And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah’s anointed? ”
“David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?"”
“David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed?”
“And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?”
“And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”
David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.
They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
David said to the young man who told this to him,“Where are you from?” He replied,“I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.”
David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”
David’s Tribute to Saul and Jonathan Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.