1 Samuel 19:1

Good News Translation

Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David,

Cross References

Genesis 37:18

They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.

2 Samuel 4:8

They presented the head to King David at Hebron and said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Today the Lord has allowed Your Majesty to take revenge on Saul and his descendants.”

1 Samuel 18:1

Saul and David finished their conversation. After that, Saul's son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 18:25

and Saul ordered them to tell David: “All the king wants from you as payment for the bride are the foreskins of a hundred dead Philistines, as revenge on his enemies.” (This was how Saul planned to have David killed by the Philistines.)

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.

1 Samuel 18:8

Saul did not like this, and he became very angry. He said, “For David they claim tens of thousands, but only thousands for me. They will be making him king next!”

1 Samuel 18:9

And so he was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.

1 Samuel 19:2

and so he told him, “My father is trying to kill you. Please be careful tomorrow morning; hide in some secret place and stay there.

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and went to Jonathan. “What have I done?” he asked. “What crime have I committed? What wrong have I done to your father to make him want to kill me?”

1 Samuel 20:19

The day after tomorrow your absence will be noticed even more; so go to the place where you hid yourself the other time, and hide behind the pile of stones there.