1 Samuel 19:2

so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

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In The King James Version

But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

In Context

1Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 20:2“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

John 15:17This is My command to you: Love one another.

Acts 23:16But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:2-8

Saul's Jealousy of David; Jonathan's Intercession for David. ( b. c. 1058.) 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of… Read the whole commentary →

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