1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Saul and Jonathan appear here in their different characters, with reference to David. I. Never was enemy so unreasonably cruel as Saul. He spoke to his son and all his servants that they should kill David , 1 Sam. 19:1. His projects to take him off had failed, and therefore he proclaims him an out-law, and charges all about him, upon their allegiance, to take the first opportunity to kill David. I…
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