And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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Gill's Exposition
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son,.... Who was heir to his crown; and though he knew he loved David, and was in strict friendship with him, yet he might hope, that as his succession to the kingdom…
Adam Clarke
That they should kill David - Nothing less than the especial interposition of God could have saved David's life, when every officer about the king's person, and every soldier, had got positive orders…
Saul and Jonathan appear here in their different characters, with reference to David.
I. Never was enemy so unreasonably cruel as Saul. He spoke to his son and all his servants that they should kill…
Cambridge Bible
1Sa 19:1-7. Jonathan's intercession with his father on David's behalf
1. Saul spake, &c. Perhaps in some outburst of passion like Henry the Second's against Thomas à Becket. No definite command seems…