3 David said to him, “Where are you coming from?” “I escaped from the camp of Isra’el,” he replied.

4 “Tell me, please, how did things go?” asked David. “The people have fled the battle,” he answered, “and many of them are wounded or dead. Sha’ul and Y’honatan his son are dead too.”

5 David asked the young man who had told him this, “How do you know that Sha’ul and Y’honatan his son are dead?”