“How did things go?” David asked him. “Please, tell me.” He answered, “The troops fled the battlefield—also many of the troops fell and died. And even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
2 Samuel 1:5 - Tree of Life Version David asked the young man informing him, “How do you know that 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? |
“How did things go?” David asked him. “Please, tell me.” He answered, “The troops fled the battlefield—also many of the troops fell and died. And even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
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.
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.