1 Samuel 20:32

Plain English Version

Jonathan asked his father, “Why has he got to die? What wrong thing did he do?”

Cross References

Genesis 31:36

Then Jacob got very angry, and he talked strongly to Laban. Jacob said, “Listen, I didn’t do anything wrong to you. I didn’t do any bad thing. You came after me for no reason.

John 7:51

“God’s law says that we can’t say a man is guilty until we listen to him and find out more about what he’s been doing.”

1 Samuel 18:11

and he thought, “I will spear David straight through and hang him on the wall.” So he threw it at him. But David quickly jumped out of the way, and the spear missed him. That happened 2 times, and he missed David each time. (We have not yet translated 18:12-30. It tells that Saul gave his daughter to David, to be his wife. Her name was Mihal.)

1 Samuel 19:4

Next morning Jonathan and his father went for a walk in the bush, and they talked about David. Jonathan said good things about David like this, “He didn’t do wrong to you. He did all kinds of good things for you. He did things that helped you. You can’t do wrong to him now.

1 Samuel 19:5

He didn’t worry about dying. He bravely fought that Philistia man, Goliath, and killed him dead. God used him to really help the Israel mob. You saw it too, and you were happy about it. Why do you want to kill him? He did nothing wrong.”

1 Samuel 20:1

After that, David ran away from the community called Nayoth in the town called Ramah. He went to Jonathan’s place and asked him, “What have I done? What wrong thing did I do? Why does your father keep on looking for me, to kill me?”

1 Samuel 20:7

If he says, ‘All right,’ you will know that he will not hurt me. But if he gets angry, you will know that he wants to kill me.” (We have not yet translated 20:8-23.)

1 Samuel 22:14

The old man answered, “No way, boss. David truly works for you. He is your best worker. And he is also your son-in-law, a boss soldier. Everybody that works for you respects him very much.