1-2. Shortly after Saul died, David returned to Ziklag from his rout of the Amalekites. Three days later a man showed up unannounced from Saul’s army camp.
4. “So what happened?” said David. “What’s the news?”He said, “The Israelites have fled the battlefield, leaving a lot of their dead comrades behind. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
5. David pressed the young soldier for details: “How do you know for sure that Saul and Jonathan are dead?”
9. “Come here,” he said, “and put me out of my misery. I’m nearly dead already, but my life hangs on.”
10. “So I did what he asked—I killed him. I knew he wouldn’t last much longer anyway. I removed his royal headband and bracelet, and have brought them to my master. Here they are.”