2 Samuel 1:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ The young man informing him answered, “I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, and look, Saul was leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen were closing in on him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ The young man said, By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa and I saw Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and horsemen were close behind him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

Common English Bible

⁶ The young man who brought the news replied, “I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and Saul was there, leaning on his spear, with chariots and horsemen closing in on him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And the youth, who was reporting it to him, said: "I arrived by chance on mount Gilboa. And Saul was lying upon his spear. Then the chariots and horsemen drew near to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And the young man that told him said: I came by chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh unto him.

2 Samuel 1:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

Hills of Gilboa, let no dew or rain be on you, nor on bountiful fields, for there the shield of the mighty ones lay defiled—Saul’s shield will no longer be anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:5

David asked the young man informing him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

2 Samuel 1:7

When he turned around and saw me, he called me. So I answered, ‘Here I am.’

Luke 10:31

And by chance, a kohen was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he passed by on the opposite side.

Ruth 2:3

So Ruth went out and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. She just so happened to be in the field of Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

1 Samuel 28:4

So the Philistines mustered and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch—if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then it was He who inflicted on us this great harm. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it just happened to us by chance.”