2 Kings 1:6
And the young man that told him, said: I came by chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh unto him,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ait adolescens qui nuntiabat ei : Casu veni in montem Gelboë, et Saul incumbebat super hastam suam : porro currus et equites appropinquabant ei,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν τὸ παιδάριον τὸ ἀπαγγέλλον αὐτῷ Περιπτώματι περιέπεσαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Γελβοῦε, καὶ ἰδοὺ Σαοὺλ ἐπεστήρικτο ἐπὶ τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ ἅρματα καὶ οἱ ἱππάρχαι συνῆψαν αὐτῷ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֜אמֶר הַנַּ֣עַר הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֗וֹ נִקְרֹ֤א נִקְרֵ֨יתִי֙ בְּהַ֣ר הַגִּלְבֹּ֔עַ וְהִנֵּ֥ה שָׁא֖וּל נִשְׁעָ֣ן עַל חֲנִית֑וֹ וְהִנֵּ֥ה הָרֶ֛כֶב וּבַעֲלֵ֥י הַפָּרָשִׁ֖ים הִדְבִּקֻֽהוּ
Haydock's commentary
Chance. He feigned this to obtain the favour of David; but the king punished him as he deserved. (Worthington)
Spear, or sword, as it is before expressed. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.