2 Samuel 1:4

And David said unto him, how went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. The question, How was the affair, How did things go? is at the same time an exclamation of dismay. And he answered, that the people are fled from the battle, the army being broken up in wild confusion, and many of the people also are fallen and dead, in addition to Saul's body-guard, which had been cut down to the last man, 1 Samuel 31:6; and Saul and Jonathan, his son, are dead also. This was the climax of his sad message.