1 Samuel 20:33

Plain English Version

But as soon as Saul heard that, he suddenly threw his spear at his son. He meant to kill him dead, but he missed. So then Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.

Cross References

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 19:10

and he tried to spear him straight through and hang him on the wall. But again David quickly jumped out of the way, and the spear only hit the wall. That night David ran away safely from Saul’s house.

1 Samuel 20:34

Jonathan got wild and stood up and went outside. He was so upset that he did not eat anything all day. He was very sad that his father treated David so badly like that.

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.)