And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
David put a direct question to the youthful bearer of the tidings, pressing him for the ground of his certainty that both Saul and Jonathan had died. The inquiry tested the basis of the report rather than accepting the news of their deaths at face value. It opened a careful examination of the messenger's story before any answer was given to his further assertion that he himself had put Saul to death.
David put a direct question to the youthful bearer of the tidings, pressing him for the ground of his certainty that both Saul and Jonathan had died. The inquiry tested the basis of the report rather than accepting the news of their deaths at face value. It opened a careful examination of the messenger's story before any answer was given to his further assertion that he himself had put Saul to death.