4David 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.|


In Context

1 It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

2 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.

3 David said to him, |Where do you come from?| He said to him, |I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.|

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.|

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

6 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.

2 Samuel 1:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4"What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said to him, What has taken place? I pray thee, tell me. And he said that the people had fled from the battle, and many of the people also had fallen and died, and that Saul and Jonathan his son were dead also.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? tell me. He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said to him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And David saith unto him, 'What hath been the matter? declare, I pray thee, to me.' And he saith, that 'The people hath fled from the battle, and also a multitude hath fallen of the people, and they die; and also Saul and Jonathan his son have died.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And David said to him, How went the matter? I pray you, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.