1 Samuel 20:32

Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”

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In The King James Version

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

In Context

31For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”

33And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:11And he threw it, thinking that he would be able to fix David to the wall. And David stepped aside twice, from before his face.

1 Samuel 19:10And Saul attempted to fix David to the wall with the lance. But David turned aside from the face of Saul. And the lance failed to wound him, and it became fixed in the wall. And David fled, and so he was saved that night.

1 Samuel 20:7If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.

Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are led away to death. And do not cease from delivering those who are dragged away to a violent death.

Ecclesiastes 7:9The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:25-35

Jonathan Excuses David to Saul. ( b. c. 1058.) 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of… Read the whole commentary →

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