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1 Samuel 20:31-33
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 20:31-33
New Catholic Bible
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be stable. Send for him and bring him to me, for he must die.”[a] 32 Jonathan answered Saul, his father, saying, “Why must he die? What has he done?” 33 Saul cast a javelin at him to kill him. Jonathan thus knew that his father intended to kill David.
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- 1 Samuel 20:31 Saul continues to view David, son of Jesse, as the major impediment to the continuation of his dynasty. Jonathan, because of his love of God and David, bypasses any opportunity to prevent David from succeeding Saul (1 Sam 23:16-18).
