4 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, τίς ὁ λόγος οὗτος; ἀπάγγειλόν μοι· καὶ εἶπεν, ὅτι ἔφυγεν ὁ λαὸς ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου, καὶ πεπτώκασι πολλοὶ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανον, καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπέθανε.
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, πόθεν σὺ παραγίνῃ; καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς Ἰσραὴλ ἐγὼ διασέσωσμαι.
Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγελλοντι αὐτῷ, πῶς οἶδας ὅτι τέθνηκε Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ;
καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἐνώπιόν μου, καὶ κατέσχον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπέκτεινα αὐτὸν ἐν Σεκελὰκ, ᾧ ἔδει με δοῦναι εὐαγγέλια.
καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ σπεύσας προσῆλθε πρὸς Ἡλὶ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἥκων ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς, κᾀγὼ πέφευγα ἐκ τῆς παρατάξεως σήμερον· καὶ εἶπεν Ἡλὶ, τί τὸ γεγονὸς ῥῆμα, τέκνον;