Bible Cross References
sheweth me
1 Samuel 20:2
Jonathan answered, "God forbid that you should die! My father tells me everything he does, important or not, and he would not hide this from me. It just isn't so!"
Job 33:16
He makes them listen to what he says, and they are frightened at his warnings.
that my son
1 Samuel 18:3
Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.
1 Samuel 20:8
Please do me this favor, and keep the sacred promise you made to me. But if I'm guilty, kill me yourself ! Why take me to your father to be killed?"
1 Samuel 20:13-17
13
If he intends to harm you, may the LORD strike me dead if I don't let you know about it and get you safely away. May the LORD be with you as he was with my father!
14
And if I remain alive, please keep your sacred promise and be loyal to me; but if I die,
15
show the same kind of loyalty to my family forever. And when the LORD has completely destroyed all your enemies,
16
may our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, the LORD will punish you."
17
Once again Jonathan made David promise to love him, for Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
1 Samuel 20:30-34
30
Saul became furious with Jonathan and said to him, "How rebellious and faithless your mother was! Now I know you are taking sides with David and are disgracing yourself and that mother of yours!
31
Don't you realize that as long as David is alive, you will never be king of this country? Now go and bring him here---he must die!"
32
"Why should he die?" Jonathan replied. "What has he done?"
33
At that, Saul threw his spear at Jonathan to kill him, and Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.
34
Jonathan got up from the table in a rage and ate nothing that day---the second day of the New Moon Festival. He was deeply distressed about David, because Saul had insulted him.
1 Samuel 20:42-34
1 Samuel 23:16-18
16
Jonathan went to him there and encouraged him with assurances of God's protection,
17
saying to him, "Don't be afraid. My father Saul won't be able to harm you. He knows very well that you are the one who will be the king of Israel and that I will be next in rank to you."
18
The two of them made a sacred promise of friendship to each other. David stayed at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.