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2 Samuel 1:5
5Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “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?
- 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?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“How do you know Saul and Jonathan are dead?” David demanded of the young man.
Context of 2 Samuel 1:5
3“Where have you come from?” David asked him. He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.” 4“What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.” “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.” Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” 6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. 7When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’
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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
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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