2 Samuel 1:14
“But when no laws or lawful authorities give command, it is not lawful to kill another, even if he wishes and asks for it and has no longer the strength to live, as is clearly proved by the Scripture in the book of Kings [Samuel], where King David ordered the slayer of King Saul to be put to death, although he said tha…”
Source: Septuagint
14And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?
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12And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Judah, and for the house of Israel, because they were smitten with the sword.
13And David said to the young man who brought the tidings to him, Whence art thou? and he said, I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.
— 2 Samuel 1:14 —
15And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he smote him, and he died.
16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.