2 Samuel 1:3-5

International Standard Version

³ David asked him, “Where did you come from?

He answered him, “I just escaped from Israel’s encampment.”

⁴ David continued questioning him, “How did things go? Please tell me!”

He replied, “The army has fled the battlefield, many of the army are wounded^[a] or have died, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

⁵ David asked the young man who related the story,^[b] “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”