2 Samuel 1:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:4

And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.