Shmuel Bais 1:5

5 And Dovid said unto the na’ar that told him, How knowest thou that Sha’ul and Yonatan bno are dead?

Shmuel Bais 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.

Shmuel Bais 1:5 In-Context

3 And Dovid said unto him, From where comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the machaneh Yisroel am I escaped.

4 And Dovid said unto him, How went the matter? Tell me now. And he answered, That the people are fled from the milchamah, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Sha’ul and Yonatan bno are dead also.

5 And Dovid said unto the na’ar that told him, How knowest thou that Sha’ul and Yonatan bno are dead?

6 And the na’ar that told him said, As I happened to be upon Mt Gilboa, hinei, Sha’ul leaned upon his khanit; and, hinei, the chariots and ba’alei haparashim followed hard after him.

7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Hineini.