32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
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And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-34)Jonathan is here effectually convinced of that which he was so loth to believe, that his father had an implacable enmity to David, and would certainly be the death of him if it were in his power; and he had like to have paid very dearly himself for the conviction. I. David is missed from the feast on the first day, but nothing is said of him. The king sat upon his seat , to feast upon the peace-of…
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