1 Samuel 19:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

1 Samuel 19:1 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:1
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.
1 Samuel 18:9
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

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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. It…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

1Sa 19:1-7. Jonathan Discloses His Father’s Purpose to Kill David. 1. Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David--The murderous design he had secretly cherished he now reveals to a few of his intimate friends. Jonathan was among the number. He prudently said nothing at the time, but secretly apprised David of his danger; and waiting till the morning, when…