2 Samuel 1:6

6 —Por casualidad me encontraba yo en el monte Guilboa. De pronto, vi a Saúl apoyado en su lanza y asediado por los carros y la caballería —respondió el criado—.

2 Samuel 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man that told him
So it seems he was, and therefore could not be Doeg, more likely his son of the two; but there is no reason to believe he was either of them, who cannot be thought to be well disposed to David:

said, as I happened by chance upon Mount Gilboa;
who was either a traveller that came that way just as the army was routed, and part had fled to Gilboa; or if a soldier, was not one of those that attended Saul, and was of his bodyguard, but happened on the flight to come to the same spot on Gilboa where Saul was:

behold, Saul leaned upon his spear;
that that might pierce him through and die; but this seems not true, for he fell upon his sword for that purpose, ( 1 Samuel 31:4 ) ;

and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him;
the charioteers and cavalry, of which part of the Philistine army consisted; though this also does not agree with the account in the above place; for according to that they were the archers that pressed him hard, and hit him.

2 Samuel 1:6 In-Context

4 —Pero, ¿qué ha pasado? —exclamó David—. ¡Cuéntamelo todo!—Pues resulta que nuestro ejército ha huido de la batalla, y muchos han caído muertos —contestó el mensajero—. Entre los caídos en combate se cuentan Saúl y su hijo Jonatán.

5 —¿Y cómo sabes tú que Saúl y su hijo Jonatán han muerto? —le preguntó David al criado que le había traído la noticia.

6 —Por casualidad me encontraba yo en el monte Guilboa. De pronto, vi a Saúl apoyado en su lanza y asediado por los carros y la caballería —respondió el criado—.

7 Saúl se volvió y, al verme, me llamó. Yo me puse a sus órdenes.

8 Me preguntó quién era yo, y le respondí que era amalecita.