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.

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