1. Now Saul was dead. And after David had defeated the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag. He stayed there two days.
2. On the third day a young man came to Ziklag. He came from Saul’s camp. 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 him, “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. Many of them have fallen dead. Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.”
5. David said to 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!’
8. “Then Saul asked me, ‘Who are you?’“I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’