1 Samuel 19:1
Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.
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In The King James Version
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 18:1When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:9Saul watched David from that day and forward.
1 Samuel 20:1David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
2 Samuel 4:8They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
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 →