2 Samuel 1:6
“And the yong man that told him, said, As I happened by chance vpon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned vpon his speare: and loe, the charets and horsemen followed hard after him.”
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2 Samuel 1:6 Context
4And Dauid said vnto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell mee. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battell, and many of the people also are fallen and dead, and Saul and Ionathan his sonne are dead also. 5And Dauid said vnto the yong man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead? 6And the yong man that told him, said, As I happened by chance vpon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned vpon his speare: and loe, the charets and horsemen followed hard after him. 7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called vnto mee: and I answered, Here am I. 8And hee said vnto mee, Who art thou? and I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
- King James Version
The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.
- New American Standard Version (1995)