1. Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David
2. and warned him, ‘My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.
3. I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.’
4. Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, ‘Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.
5. He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?’