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31 You will never rule as king while that son of Jesse is still alive. Send men to go and bring him to me now. He must die!’[a]

32 Jonathan said to his father, King Saul, ‘Why must David die? What wrong thing has he done?’

33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan and tried to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father had decided to kill David.

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  1. 20:31 King Saul speaks about David as ‘that son of Jesse’ because he does not want to say David's name. He hates David too much.