And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
This invitation to go out together into the open field belongs to the story of the close friendship between Jonathan and David. They loved each other as brothers and had entered a covenant to stand united, a bond Jonathan expressed by loyalty and generosity. The call to leave for the field opened their private meeting to test whether Saul still meant to kill David, so that David could know the king's mind and get ready to flee, an arrangement that displayed their mutual trust and friendship.
Their friendship was a sacred bond that held unbroken until the deaths of Jonathan and Saul. In that bond God had a purpose, for through Jonathan He helped keep David alive when Saul sought to take his life.
This invitation to go out together into the open field belongs to the story of the close friendship between Jonathan and David. They loved each other as brothers and had entered a covenant to stand united, a bond Jonathan expressed by loyalty and generosity. The call to leave for the field opened their private meeting to test whether Saul still meant to kill David, so that David could know the king's mind and get ready to flee, an arrangement that displayed their mutual trust and friendship.
Their friendship was a sacred bond that held unbroken until the deaths of Jonathan and Saul. In that bond God had a purpose, for through Jonathan He helped keep David alive when Saul sought to take his life.