1 Samuel 19:1–7

Saul Persecutes David

19 Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill aDavid; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, bdelighted greatly in David. 2 So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide. 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell cyou.”

4 Thus Jonathan dspoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king esin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. 5 For he took his flife in his hands and gkilled the Philistine, and hthe Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. iWhy then will you jsin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

6 So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.” 7 Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence kas in times past.