1 Samuel 19:2

2 le advirtió: «Mi padre Saúl está buscando una oportunidad para matarte. Así que ten mucho cuidado mañana; escóndete en algún sitio seguro, y quédate allí.

1 Samuel 19:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 19:2

But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David
In his company and conversation; he loved him with a love of complacency, and was constant and steadfast in it, and which was a kind providence to David; for by this means he came to the knowledge of Saul's designs upon him, and could the better guard against him:

and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee;
to inform him of which was acting the part of a sincere and faithful friend:

now therefore, I pray thee, take heed of thyself until the morning:
it seems it was now evening when he informed him of it; and as he knew not what emissaries Saul might have out that night in quest of him, he advises him to take care of himself, and not expose himself to any danger, and to keep a strict guard about him; and in the morning he would try to conciliate his father to him, when he might hope, having slept upon it, that he would be in a better temper, and more disposed to hear what might be said to him:

and abide in a secret [place], and hide thyself;
he seems to suggest as if it was not safe for him to be in his own house, and in his own bedchamber that night, but that it was advisable to retire to some private place, where it might not be known or suspected that he was there. By what follows he means some field, and a private place in it.

1 Samuel 19:2 In-Context

1 Saúl les comunicó a su hijo Jonatán y a todos sus funcionarios su decisión de matar a David. Pero como Jonatán le tenía tanto afecto a David,

2 le advirtió: «Mi padre Saúl está buscando una oportunidad para matarte. Así que ten mucho cuidado mañana; escóndete en algún sitio seguro, y quédate allí.

3 Yo saldré con mi padre al campo donde tú estés, y le hablaré de ti. Cuando averigüe lo que pasa, te lo haré saber».

4 Jonatán le habló a su padre Saúl en favor de David:—¡No vaya Su Majestad a pecar contra su siervo David! —le rogó—. Él no le ha hecho ningún mal; al contrario, lo que ha hecho ha sido de gran beneficio para Su Majestad.

5 Para matar al filisteo arriesgó su propia vida, y el SEÑOR le dio una gran victoria a todo Israel. Su Majestad mismo lo vio y se alegró. ¿Por qué ha de pecar contra un inocente y matar a David sin motivo?