1 Samuel 19:4

_AND JONATHAN SPAKE GOOD OF DAVID UNTO SAUL HIS FATHER, AND SAID UNTO HIM, LET NOT THE KING SIN AGAINST HIS SERVANT, AGAINST DAVID; BECAUSE HE HATH NOT SINNED AGAINST THEE, AND BECAUSE HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN TO THEE-WARD VERY GOOD:_ Jonathan spake good of David. He told his father he was committing a great sin to plot against the life of a man who had rendered the most invaluable services to his country, and whose loyalty had been uniformly steady and devoted. The strong remonstrances of Jonathan produced an effect on the impulsive mind of his father. Since he was still susceptible of good and honest impressions, he bound himself by an oath to relinquish his hostile purpose, and thus, through the intervention of the noble-minded prince, a temporary reconciliation was effected, in consequence of which David was again employed in the public service....

1-10 How forcible are right words! Saul was, for a time, convinced of the unreasonableness of his enmity to David; but he continued his malice against David. So incurable is the hatred of the seed of the serpent against that of the woman; so deceitful and desperately wicked is the heart of man without the grace of God, Jeremiah 17:9....

Verse 1 Samuel 19:4. _JONATHAN SPAKE GOOD OF DAVID_] It is evident that Jonathan was satisfied that David was an innocent man; and that his father was most _unjustly_ incensed against him....

SUCCESSIVE ATTEMPTS UPON DAVID'S LIFE FRUSTRATED BY THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND MICHAL, AND FINALLY BY FLIGHT (1 Samuel 19:1.). EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S LOVE FOR DAVID (1 Samuel 19:1). 1 SAMUEL 19:1 SAUL SPAKE TO JONATHAN HIS SON...THAT THEY SHOULD KILL DAVID. The translation of the last clause is untenable;

AND JONATHAN SPAKE GOOD OF DAVID UNTO SAUL HIS FATHER,.... Observed to him what a good man be was, and what good things he had done, what wisdom and prudence he had shown in the management of all his affairs, what valour and courage in all his expeditions, what faithfulness and integrity to his king and country in every instance: AND SAID UNTO HIM, LET NOT THE KING SIN AGAINST HIS SERVANT, AGAINST DAVID; by taking away his life; which would have been a great sin indeed, a sin against the law of God, which forbids murder, and which would have been attended with sad aggravations of cruelty and ingratitude: BECAUSE HE HATH NOT SINNED AGAINST THEE; had not disobeyed any of his orders, but faithfully served him in everything, and much less ever thought to take away his life, or seize his crown, as he might imagine: AND BECAUSE HIS WORKS [HAVE BEEN] TO THEE-WARD VERY GOOD; by slaying the Ph...

4. SAUL'S RENEWED ATTEMPT AND DAVID'S ESCAPE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. Saul's new attempt to kill David (1 Samuel 19:8) 3. David's escape (1 Samuel 19:11) 4. Saul's pursuit and his helplessness (1 Samuel 19:19) The lost King goes from bad to worse. First he tried to spear David; then he attempted to take his life through having him killed by the Philistines, and now he speaks openly to his own son and to all his servants that David must be killed. Therefore loving Jonathan warned David and he hid himself Then Jonathan persuades his father to desist an

1 SAMUEL 19:1 (E). Saul bids Jonathan and his followers slay David, but Jonathan brings about a reconciliation. 1 SAMUEL 19:8 (E). It is uncertain whether 1 Samuel 19:11 is the sequel of 1 Samuel 19:8, or comes from a different source. In any case the whole of 1 Samuel 19:8 probably belongs to the ancient tradition. Saul tries to kill David, but David escapes. Saul has his house watched, but Michal lets him down through the window and he escapes. She deceives Saul's messengers, by placing in the bed a dummy David, con

SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44....

_spake good of David_ Had Jonathan simply advised David to flee, without endeavouring to bring Saul to a better mind, he would have acted to the prejudice of his father's interests, by depriving him of the best support of his kingdom. _to thee-ward_ "Ward" is used as a termination denoting (_a) direction_(Exodus 37:9), (_b_) as here, _relation_....

David's Final Flight from Saul's Court, 1 Samuel 19:1-24. _Jonathan Intercedes for David._ 1 Samuel 19:1-7 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 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: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou _art,_ and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned