David said to him, 'Your blood be on your own head — David repeats the judgment, now with explicit covenant motivation: 'your own mouth testified against you, saying, I have killed the Lord's anointed.' The Amalekite's confession is his undoing. The repetition of the death sentence (דָּמְךָ עָלֵיךָ, dāməḵā 'ālêḵā) underscores the finality. David appeals to the Amalekite's own testimony (עָנִיתָ בְפִיךָ, 'ānîṯā bəp̄îḵā) as the warrant: words spoken in presumption become the instrument of judgment. This principle reflects covenant theology—the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart, and words carry weight. The Amalekite's boastful claim to have killed Saul becomes the noose around his own neck.

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