1 Samuel 20:1
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?
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1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i
1 Samuel 19:18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
1 Samuel 20:32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? What has he done?
1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?
1 Samuel 24:12LORD judge between me and thee, and LORD avenge me of thee, but my hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Samuel 26:18And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:1
David, having several times narrowly escaped Saul's fury, begins to consider at last whether it may not be necessary for him to retire into the country and to take up arms in his own defence. But he will not do so daring a thing without consulting his faithful friend Jonathan; how he did this, and what passed between them, we have an account in this chapter, where we have as surprising instances of supernatural love as we had in the chapter before of unnatural hatred. I. David complains to Jonathan of his present… Read the whole commentary →