2 Samuel 1:2 meaning and explanation
On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
2 Samuel 1:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator sets the scene after Saul's death: David has returned to Ziklag from defeating the Amalekites and is waiting. On the third day a man arrives from Saul's camp with torn clothes and dust on his head, the customary signs of mourning and distress in that culture.
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