5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
5 Then David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
5 David pressed the young soldier for details: "How do you know for sure that Saul and Jonathan are dead?"
5 So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?"
5 "How do you know Saul and Jonathan are dead?" David demanded of the young man.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:5
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1-10
(Read 2 Samuel 1:1-10)
The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he desired not Saul's death, and he was not impatient to come to the throne.