2 Samuel 1:5

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

2 Samuel 1:5 in Other Translations

5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

5 Then David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

5 “How do you know Saul and Jonathan are dead?” David demanded of the young man.

5 David pressed the young soldier for details: "How do you know for sure that Saul and Jonathan are dead?"

5 David asked the young man who had brought him the report, "How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

2 Samuel 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:5

And David said unto the young man that told him
These tidings:

how knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
this he particularly inquired after, as what most affected him, and was most material for him to know; and his meaning is, whether he had this of his own sight and knowledge, or by report.

2 Samuel 1:5 In-Context

3 “Where have you come from?” David asked him. He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”

4 “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.” “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”

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

6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’