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1 Samuel 19:2 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 19 · verse 2
But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:1 Samuel 19:2 · King James Version
1 Samuel 19:2 in context
1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
2But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
3And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
4And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delightedchâphêtsproperly, to incline toH2654 →
- JonathanYᵉhôwnâthânJehonathan, the name of four IsraelitesH3083 →
- seekethbâqashto search outH1245 →
- Saul'sShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
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Saul and Jonathan appear here in their different characters, with reference to David. I. Never was enemy so unreasonably cruel as Saul. He spoke to his son and all his servants that they should kill David, Sa1 19:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7