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.”
2 Samuel 1:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then David asked the young man who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David said to the young man, How do you know Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? American Standard Version (1901) And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? Common English Bible “How do you know,” David asked the young man who brought the news, “that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” Catholic Public Domain Version And David said to the youth who was reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan have died?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead? |
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.”
The young man reporting to him said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen drew close to him.
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.