2 Samuel 1:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:4

And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.” And he answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa; and there was Saul leaning upon his spear; and lo, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple believes everything, but the prudent looks where he is going.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.