(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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2 Samuel 1:11–16, “Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’S anointed? And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.”
David was a man after the Lord’s own heart. (1 Sam 13:14, “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.”) He was loyal to the Lord and to the Lord’s firstborn, Israel. He had already devoted his life to serving the Lord and Israel. He and his men wept and mourned for the shame of Israel major defeat in battle and the loss of their king. They mourned and fasted for seven days according to the correct protocol. David asked the Amalekite why he was willing to harm the Lord’s anointed and ordered that the man be executed. It was a crime to kill the Lord’s anointed and a serious breach of royal protocol. David condemned the man because he had, essentially, pleaded guilty to the crime of regicide.
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