And 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.

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Then David said to him, (A)“How did the matter go? Please tell me.”

And he answered, “The people have fled from the battle, many of the people are fallen and dead, and Saul and (B)Jonathan his son are dead also.”

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He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

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He said to me again, ‘Please stand over me and kill me, for [a]anguish has come upon me, but my life still remains in me.’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:9 agony