1 Samuel 19:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW SAUL told Jonathan his son and all his servants that they must kill David.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.

Common English Bible

¹ Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David, but Jonathan, Saul’s son, liked David very much.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Saul spoke to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, so that they would kill David. But Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David very much.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul loved David exceedingly.

1 Samuel 19:1 Cross References

Genesis 37:18

They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

2 Samuel 4:8

and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

1 Samuel 18:1

When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:25

Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’ ” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:8

And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; and what more can he have but the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 18:9

And Saul eyed David from that day on.

1 Samuel 19:2

And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you; therefore take heed to yourself in the morning, stay in a secret place and hide yourself;

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

1 Samuel 20:19

And on the third day you will be greatly missed; then go to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside yonder stone heap.