He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Be. The recent machinations and orders of Saul had been concealed from his son, with whom he used to consult on all important matters. Calmet.—Perceiving, however, that Jonathan was unwilling to come into his measures, Saul, in his phrenzy, tried to destroy David. Bible.—But Jonathan, forming his judgment of others by his own upright heart, relied on the oath of his father, ( Calmet.) and on the information he had lately communicated to him, when he desired David to be slain. Menochius.—Abulensis believes that the particulars of a preceding reconciliation have been lost, which Salien supplies, A. 2973.