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2 Samuel 1:5
2 Samuel 1:5 is verse 5 of 2 Samuel chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
King James Version
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
World English Bible
David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
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2 Samuel 1:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
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.”
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?”
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.
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 14:15The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.