Translations
Modern
…when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
Traditional
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
Literal
…when it was declared to me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, I arrested him and I killed him at Ziklag, which was instead of my giving to him for his news;
Latin
…quoniam eum qui annuntiaverat mihi, et dixerat: Mortuus est Saul: qui putabat se prospera nuntiare, tenui, et occidi eum in Siceleg, cui oportebat mercedem dare pro nuntio.
Original
Hebrew
English
…when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
Notes
when someone told me: Compare 2 Samuel 1:1–16.
Events
People
Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel
Places
Ziklag: A city given to David; originally Judah's, then Simeon's
Glossary
Baanah David Furniture Ishbosheth Mephibosheth Rechab Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Assassination: David's Abhorrence of Government: Monarchical by David Ish-Bosheth: Avenged by David Kings: Often Exercised Power Arbitrarily Rechab: Son of Rimmon: Murders Ish-Bosheth, Son of Saul; Put to Death by David Religious Zeal in Punishing Evil People: David