What does 2 Samuel 1:1–16 reveal about who God the Father is?
God alone has the right to give life and to take it away. No one may lift their hands against his anointed.
God is concerned for truth. Those who promote lies must be punished in accordance with the results that would have come from their lie.
1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.