1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?

Darby Translation

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 as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.

33Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:11And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

1 Samuel 19:10And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 20:7If he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.

Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; 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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