2 Samuel 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David said to him, “How did things go? Tell me!” He answered, “The army fled from the battle, but also many of the army fell and died, and Saul and his son Jonathan also died.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David said to him, How did it go? Tell me. He answered, The men have fled from the battle. Many have fallen and are dead; Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

American Standard Version (1901)

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

Common English Bible

“What’s the report?” David asked him. “Tell me!” The man answered, “The troops fled from the battle! Many of the soldiers have fallen and died. What’s more, Saul and his son Jonathan have also died!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David said to him: "What is the word that has happened? Reveal it to me." And he said: "The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people have fallen and died. Moreover, Saul and his son Jonathan have passed away."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? Tell me. He said: The people are fled from the battle: and many of the people are fallen and dead. Moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.

2 Samuel 1:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:3

David said to him, “Where have you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

2 Samuel 1:5

Then David asked the young man who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?”

2 Samuel 4:10

when the one who told me, ‘See, Saul is dead,’ thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag—this was the reward I gave him for his news.

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, “I have just come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” He said, “How did it go, my son?”