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Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.
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Verse 1. Jonathan. He was most interested, as David might be feared as a competitor; ( Menochius.) and, under the cloak of friendship, he might more easily destroy him. Saul was a stranger to the generous sentiments of his son, or he would never have made the proposal. Bible.—Grotius compares him with Germanicus. Calmet.
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