1 Samuel 19:1
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:1And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
1 Samuel 20:1And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?
2 Samuel 4:8And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:1
Immediately after David's marriage, which one would have hoped would secure him Saul's affection, we find his troubles coming upon him faster than ever and Saul's enmity to him the cause of all. His death was vowed, and four fair escapes of his from the hurtful sword of Saul we have an account of in this chapter: the first by the prudent mediation of Jonathan ( ver. 1-7 ), the second by his own quickness ( ver. 8-10 ), the third by Michal's fidelity ( ver. 11-17 ), the fourth by Samuel's protection, and a change,… Read the whole commentary →