2 Samuel 1:4-6

New International Reader's Version

⁴ “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.”

He said, “Israel’s men ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”

⁵ David spoke to the young man who brought him the report. He asked him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

⁶ “I just happened to be there on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said. “Saul was there too. He was leaning on his spear. The enemy chariots and chariot drivers had almost caught up with him.