2 Samuel 1:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ David asked him, “Where have you come from?”

He replied to him, “I’ve escaped from the Israelite camp.”

⁴ “What was the outcome? Tell me,” David asked him.

“The troops fled from the battle,” he answered. “Many of the troops have fallen and are dead. Also, Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”^(A)

⁵ David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”