But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
Parallel translations
- WEB Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
- BSB so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
- NKJV So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide.
- NASB So Jonathan informed David, saying, “My father Saul is seeking to put you to death. Now then, please be on your guard in the morning, and stay in a hiding place and conceal yourself.
- NLT told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.
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Jonathan warns David of Saul's intent to kill him and urges him to hide himself the next morning.
Overview
At personal risk, Jonathan exposes his father's murderous plan to protect his friend. His faithfulness to David over loyalty to a sinful royal agenda shows that covenant love rightly takes precedence over corrupt human authority. Jonathan acts as a faithful mediator, standing between David and danger.
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- Prov 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Acts 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
- Acts 23:16And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
- Ps 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- 1 Sam 18:1–3And 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 Sam 20:2And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
- 1 Jn 3:12–14Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- John 15:17–19These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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