1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan answering Saul his father, said: Why shall he die: what hath he done?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death.

33And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:11And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.

1 Samuel 19:10And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall, and David fled and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 20:7If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.

Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.

Ecclesiastes 7:9Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is perverse above all things, and 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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