1 Samuel 20:32
And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Why is he put to death? what hath he done?'
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1 Samuel 18:11and Saul casteth the javelin, and saith, 'I smite through David, even through the wall;' and David turneth round out of his presence twice.
1 Samuel 19:10and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night.
1 Samuel 20:7If thus he say: Good; peace [is] for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him — know that the evil hath been determined by him;
Proverbs 24:11If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
Jeremiah 17:9Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth 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 →