David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
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David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
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And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
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And David said unto the young man that told him: 'How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?'
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 1:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
- Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 1:5 And David said unto the young man…
2Sa 1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
Ver. 5. Unto the young man.] The lad, the stripling, the servant, for so David took him to be: and such are called lads or boys in many languages. "Herod said to his servants"; {Mat 14:2} Gr., to his boys. And the Latins call the body Corpus or Corpor, quasi Cordis puer, as some will have it.
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That Saul and Jonathan his son be dead.] For there lay the pinch of his grief, and the public concernment.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For the knowledge of this did most concern both…
For the knowledge of this did most concern both David and the whole commonwealth of Israel.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And David said unto the young man that told…
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.
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