2 Samuel 1:2-4

New Century Version

² On the third day a young man from Saul’s camp came to Ziklag. To show his sadness, his clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head. He came and bowed facedown on the ground before David.

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

The man answered, “I escaped from the Israelite camp.”

⁴ David asked him, “What happened? Please tell me!”

The man answered, “The people have run away from the battle, and many of them have fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.”