2 Samuel 1:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ ‘What was the outcome? Tell me,’ David asked him. ‘The troops fled from the battle,’ he answered. ‘Many of the troops have fallen and are dead. Also, Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ “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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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 asked him, ‘Where have you come from? ’ He replied to him, ‘I’ve escaped from the Israelite camp.’

2 Samuel 1:5

David asked the young man who had brought him the report, ‘How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ’

2 Samuel 4:10

when the person told me, “Look, Saul is dead,” he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag.  That was my reward to him for his news!

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, ‘I’m the one who came from the battle.  I fled from there today.’ ‘What happened, my son? ’  Eli asked.