1. 1 Samuel 26:16 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did David say that Saul’s men deserve to die?

1 Samuel 26:16 (ESV)

16 This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is and the jar of water that was at his head.”

David was reprimanding Abner for his failure to guard Saul. He should not have fallen asleep on the job and in doing so he failed to watch over and protect his king.1