2 Samuel 1:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁵ And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ David said to the young man, How do you know Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

Common English Bible

⁵ “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

⁵ 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

⁵ And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?

2 Samuel 1:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:4

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.

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilbo´a, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.