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2 Samuel 1:5
5When the young man told this to David, David asked him, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’
2 Samuel 1:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
- New International Version (NIV)Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
Context of 2 Samuel 1:5
3David asked him, ‘Where have you come from?’ The man replied, ‘I have run from the Israelite army's camp.’ 4David said, ‘Tell me what happened in the battle.’ The man replied, ‘The Israelites ran away and the enemy killed many of them. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.’ When the young man told this to David, David asked him, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’ 6The young man said, ‘I was on Gilboa mountain. I saw Saul there. He had to use his spear like a stick to help him to stand. The enemy army with its horses and chariots were getting very near to him. 7Saul turned round and he saw me. He shouted to me and I said, “Here I am, sir.”
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־הַנַּ֖עַר הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ אֵ֣יךְ יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּי־מֵ֥ת שָׁא֖וּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto the young manנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
- that toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- him, How knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- thou that Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
- and Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
- his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- be deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1:5
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16An unnamed Amalekite went to David, claiming that he had killed Saul. This claim was false. Saul had taken his own life(1 Samuel 31:4–6). The Amalekite may have hoped that David would reward him for clearing the way for David to become king. Instead, David ordered him to be killed for harming the Lord’s anointed (the person God had chosen).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-122-12. a man came out of the camp from Saul--As the narrative of Saul's death, given in the last chapter, is inspired, it must be considered the true account, and the Amalekite's story a fiction of his own, invented to ingratiate himself with David, the presumptive successor to the throne. David's question, "How went the matter?" evinces the deep interest he took in the war, an interest that sprang from feelings of high and generous patriotism, not from…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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