2 Samuel 1:5

Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

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In The King James Version

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

In Context

4“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 1:2-11

Second Samuel This book is the history of the reign of king David. We had in the foregoing book an account of his designation to the government, and his struggles with Saul, which ended at length in the death of his persecutor. This book begins with his accession to the throne, and is entirely taken up with the affairs of the government during the forty years he reigned, and therefore is entitled by the LXX. The Third Book of the Kings. It gives us an account of David's triumphs and his troubles. I. His triumphs… Read the whole commentary →

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