1 Samuel 19:1 KJV — MannaFest

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

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ASV

And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.

WEB

Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

YLT

And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,

DBT

And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David.

About this book

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
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.
Psalms 59:3
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
1 Samuel 18:9
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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22 ), he was not afraid of provoking them to rebel by this bloody order. Either malice was not then so politic, or justice was not so corrupted as it has been since, or else Saul would have had him indicted, and have suborned witnesses to swear treason against him, and so have had him taken off, as Naboth was, by colour of law.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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