1 Samuel 20:32 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

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ASV

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

WEB

“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

YLT

And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?'

DBT

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?

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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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Matthew 27:23
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
1 Samuel 19:5
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?
1 Samuel 19:4
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
Genesis 31:36
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?
Luke 23:22
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.

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), Wherefore shall he be slain? Generous spirits can much more easily bear to be abused themselves than to hear their friends abused. Saul was now so outrageous that he threw his javelin at Jonathan,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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