God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 1:5
5“How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” David asked the young man who had brought him the news.
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
3“Where did you come from?” David asked him. “I escaped from the camp of Israel,” he answered. 4“What happened?” David asked him. “Please tell me.” The man answered, “The army fled from the battle, and many of the soldiers died. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead too.” “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” David asked the young man who had brought him the news. 6The young man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Saul was there leaning on his spear, and the chariots and horsemen were catching up with him. 7When he looked back and saw me, he called to me, and I said, ‘Yes?’ ”
Read all of 2 Samuel 12 Samuel 1:5 word by word
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
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 1:5
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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