1 Samuele 19:1

1 Saul parlò a Gionathan, suo figliuolo, e a tutti i suoi servi di far morire Davide. Ma Gionathan, figliuolo di Saul, che voleva gran bene a Davide,

1 Samuele 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 19:1

And Saul spake to Jonathan his son
Who was heir to his crown; and though he knew he loved David, and was in strict friendship with him, yet he might hope, that as his succession to the kingdom was in danger, as he thought, and that David was his rival in it, his mind would be alienated from him; and that he would listen rather to a father than a friend, and would see where his true interest lay, and abandon David, yea, seek his ruin, which Saul was intent upon

and to all his servants;
who yet pretended to love David, and as he himself said they did, and some of them might; with these he might rather hope to succeed, as they were attached to him, and might be secretly enemies of David, and therefore to these, as well as to his son, he spake, and gave his orders:

that they should kill David;
as if he was a traitor, and an usurper of his throne, and one that had a design upon that, and upon his life; finding he could do nothing by the schemes, and snares, and stratagems, he used in a private manner, he grew outrageous and furious, and openly declared his views, and laid his injunctions on his son and servants to take away David's life, as a very dangerous person to his crown and government.

1 Samuele 19:1 In-Context

1 Saul parlò a Gionathan, suo figliuolo, e a tutti i suoi servi di far morire Davide. Ma Gionathan, figliuolo di Saul, che voleva gran bene a Davide,

2 informò Davide della cosa e gli disse: "Saul, mio padre, cerca di farti morire; or dunque, ti prego, sta’ in guardia domattina, tienti in luogo segreto e nasconditi.

3 Io uscirò, e mi terrò allato a mio padre, nel campo ove tu sarai; parlerò di te a mio padre, vedrò come vanno le cose, e te lo farò sapere".

4 Gionathan dunque parlò a Saul, suo padre, in favore di Davide, e gli disse: "Non pecchi il re contro al suo servo, contro a Davide, giacché ei non ha peccato contro a te, e anzi l’opera sua t’è stata di grande utilità.

5 Egli ha messo la propria vita a repentaglio, ha ucciso il Filisteo, e l’Eterno ha operato una grande liberazione a pro di tutto Israele. Tu l’hai veduto, e te ne sei rallegrato; perché dunque peccheresti tu contro il sangue innocente facendo morir Davide senza ragione?"