1 Samuel 20:32

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

33And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:11And Saul cast the spear; and he thought, I will strike David through even on the wall. And David turned aside out of his presence twice.

1 Samuel 19:10And Saul sought to strike David through with the spear even to the wall; but he slipped away from before Saul, who struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 20:7If he should say thus, It is well: then shall thy servant have peace; but if it be at all displeasing to him, then know that the evil is determined on by him.

Proverbs 24:11Deliver those that are taken unto death, and those that are moved away to the slaughter hold back.

Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not rash in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 17:9Deceitful is the heart above all things, and sick: 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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