And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
Saul directly commanded his son Jonathan and his servants and court officers to kill David. That command marked the beginning of open hostility toward David, after Saul abandoned all disguise of his hatred and his plots against him. He gave the order after David's victories and his marriage to Michal. His jealousy grew because he recognized David as the man appointed to reign in his place.
David was a righteous person whom God had chosen to save Israel. The order to kill him reveals the murderous extremes a king reaches when he rebels against God and is ruled by his own passions. Israel had daily evidence in Saul's course that God had left him to his guilty course.
Jonathan's friendship and intervention in response to Saul's attempt became a means of preserving David's life.
Saul directly commanded his son Jonathan and his servants and court officers to kill David. That command marked the beginning of open hostility toward David, after Saul abandoned all disguise of his hatred and his plots against him. He gave the order after David's victories and his marriage to Michal. His jealousy grew because he recognized David as the man appointed to reign in his place.
David was a righteous person whom God had chosen to save Israel. The order to kill him reveals the murderous extremes a king reaches when he rebels against God and is ruled by his own passions. Israel had daily evidence in Saul's course that God had left him to his guilty course.
Jonathan's friendship and intervention in response to Saul's attempt became a means of preserving David's life.