1 Samuel 23:15-18

15 David, voyant donc que Saül était sorti pour chercher sa vie, se tenait au désert de Ziph, dans la forêt.

16 Alors Jonathan, fils de Saül, se leva, et s'en alla vers David, à la forêt, et le fortifia en Dieu;

17 Et il lui dit: Ne crains point; car la main de Saül, mon père, ne te trouvera point, mais tu régneras sur Israël, et moi je serai le second après toi; et Saül, mon père, le sait bien aussi.

18 Ils traitèrent donc, tous deux, alliance devant l'Éternel. Et David demeura dans la forêt, et Jonathan retourna en sa maison.

1 Samuel 23:15-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 23

This chapter gives an account of David's relieving Keilah, when it had like to have fallen into the hands of the Philistines, 1Sa 23:1-6; and of Saul's design to surprise him there, which David having notice of, and inquiring of the Lord, departed from thence; which when Saul heard of, he forbore to come forth, 1Sa 23:7-13; and of David's being in the wilderness of Ziph, where, in a wood there, he had an interview with Jonathan, 1Sa 23:14-18; and of the Ziphites offering to deliver him up to Saul, for which he commends them, and gives them instructions how they should behave to him in that affair, 1Sa 23:19-23; and of his seeking him in the wilderness of Maon, where David and his men were in great danger of being taken; which was prevented by the news of the Philistines invading the land coming to Saul just at the nick of time, 1Sa 23:24-29.