The Meaning of 2 Samuel 1:5 Explained

2 Samuel 1:5

KJV: And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

YLT: And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, 'How hast thou known that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?'

Darby: And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

ASV: And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 1:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

What does 2 Samuel 1:5 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 1:1-16 - Touch Not Mine Anointed

The scene changes from Gilboa to Ziklag, whither the tidings were carried by an Amalekite. It is remarkable to notice how David received them. Though he had spent years in the rough life of a freebooter, surrounded by coarse and hardened men, he had not lost the delicacy and refinement of his earlier days. To men like Nabal, he seemed an outlaw; but those who were admitted to the inner circle of David's friendship knew that there was a whole heaven of difference between him and the men who followed him. Let us see to it that by fellowship with God, we keep our nature uncontaminated by the world, its fine edge, not blunted, its bloom not brushed off.

It was genuine grief that made David rend his clothes, and a genuine emotion of horror that led to the execution of this self-confessed regicide. Then from the depths of a guileless heart there poured forth the "Song of the Bow," one of the noblest elegies in any tongue. Let us speak tenderly of the dead. Let God in His infinite pity judge them, while we scatter rose-leaves on their graves. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 1

¹ The Amalekite who accused himself of Saul's death is slain
¹⁷ David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 1:5 mean?

So said David to the young man who told him how do you know that are dead Saul and Jonathan his son

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־ הַנַּ֖עַר הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ אֵ֣יךְ יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּי־ ؟ מֵ֥ת שָׁא֖וּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנֽוֹ

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	So said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
דָּוִ֔ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הַנַּ֖עַר	the young man
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
הַמַּגִּ֣יד	who told
Parse: Article, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
אֵ֣יךְ	how
Parse: Interjection Root: אֵיךְ Sense: how? interj.
יָדַ֔עְתָּ	do you know
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know.
כִּי־	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
؟ מֵ֥ת	are dead
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
שָׁא֖וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֥ן	and Jonathan
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהֹונָתָן Sense: a son of king Saul and a friend of David.
בְּנֽוֹ	his son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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