1 Samuel 19:1-7

Saul Tries to Kill David

1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David
2 and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.
3 I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”
4 Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.
5 He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The LORD won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?”
6 Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
7 So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S 1 Samuel 18:1
  • 2. 1 Samuel 18:9
  • 3. 1 Samuel 20:5,19
  • 4. 1 Samuel 20:12
  • 5. 1 Samuel 20:32; 1 Samuel 22:14; Proverbs 31:8,9; Jeremiah 18:20
  • 6. Genesis 42:22; 1 Samuel 25:21; Proverbs 17:13
  • 7. S Judges 9:17; S Judges 12:3
  • 8. S 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 17:49-50; 1 Chronicles 11:14
  • 9. S Genesis 31:36; Deuteronomy 19:10-13; 1 Samuel 20:32; Matthew 27:4
  • 10. S 1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 18:2,13
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