1 Samuel 19:1

Easy To Read Version

Saul told his son Jonathan and his officers to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.

Cross References

Genesis 37:18

Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. They decided to make a plan to kill him.

2 Samuel 4:8

They arrived at Hebron. And they gave Ish Bosheth’s head to David.

1 Samuel 18:1

As soon as David finished talking with Saul, Jonathan developed a strong bond with David. [164] Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 18:25

Saul told them, “Say this to David, ‘David, the king doesn’t want you to pay money for his daughter! [167] Saul wants to get even with his enemy. So the price for marrying his daughter is 100 Philistine foreskins.’” That was Saul’s secret plan. Saul thought the Philistines would kill David.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan and David made a special agreement because he loved him as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 18:8

The women’s song upset Saul and he became very angry. Saul thought, “The women say David killed tens of thousands {of enemies}. And they say I killed only thousands {of enemies}.”

1 Samuel 18:9

So from that time on, Saul watched David very closely.

1 Samuel 20:1

David ran away from the camps near Ramah. David went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done wrong? What is my crime? Why is your father trying to kill me?”

1 Samuel 20:19

On the third day, go to the same place you hid when this trouble began. Wait by that hill.