‘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.’
2 Samuel 1:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised David asked the young man who had brought him the report, ‘How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 David said to the young man, How do you know Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? American Standard Version (1901) And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? Common English Bible “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 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 And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead? |
‘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.’
‘I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,’ he replied, ‘and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.
The inexperienced one believes anything, but the sensible one watches his steps.
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.