2 Samuel 1:5
2 Samuel chapter 1 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
Context
v.4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
v.5This passage
v.6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
- Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.