1. Now Saul was dead. After David had defeated the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag and stayed there two days.
2. On the third day a young man from Saul’s camp came to Ziklag. To show his sadness, his clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head. He came and bowed facedown on the ground before David.
3. David asked him, “Where did you come from?”The man answered, “I escaped from the Israelite camp.”
4. David asked him, “What happened? Please tell me!”The man answered, “The people have run away from the battle, and many of them have fallen and are dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.”
5. David asked him, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6. The young man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. There I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The Philistine chariots and the men riding in them were coming closer to Saul.
7. When he looked back and saw me, he called to me. I answered him, ‘Here I am!’