2 Samuel 1:4-6

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴ David said, ‘Tell me what happened in the battle.’

The man replied, ‘The Israelites ran away and the enemy killed many of them. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.’

⁵ When the young man told this to David, David asked him, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’

⁶ The young man said, ‘I was on Gilboa mountain. I saw Saul there. He had to use his spear like a stick to help him to stand. The enemy army with its horses and chariots were getting very near to him.