2 Samuel 1:1-2

David Hears of Saul's Death

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned a from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. 2 And on the third day, behold, b a man came from Saul's camp, c with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, d he fell to the ground and paid homage.

  1. Cross References
    1 Samuel 30:17 - 20
    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 4:10
    When one told me, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 7:6
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 14:4
    When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king.
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