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2 Samuel 1:4
“David said to him, "How did it go? Please tell me." He answered, "The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 1
it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
David said to him, "Where do you come from?" He said to him, "I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.
David said to him, "How did it go? Please tell me." He answered, "The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
The young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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