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David said to the young man who was talking to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

The young man who was talking to him said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The chariots and charioteers[a] were closing in on him. When Saul looked behind him, he saw me and called to me and I answered, ‘I am here.’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:6 Many translate this word horsemen, but since there is no evidence that cavalry was used in battle at this time, the term likely refers to the occupants of the chariots.