King Saul was jealous of the young man
David. This was partially because David was gaining in popularity and partly
because God had already told Saul that his kingdom would not continue. Samuel
had already anointed David as the next king in 1 Samuel 16 before David killed
Goliath in chapter 17.
Saul’s anger toward David mounted with the
passing years.
Even though Jonathan knew his father hated
David and that David would become the next king of Israel, Jonathan and David became
good friends. The Bible says in 1 Samuel 18:1, “…the soul of Jonathan was knit
with the soul of David and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”
According to 1 Samuel 13 there were only
two swords in the kingdom. King Saul owned one and his son Jonathan had the
other. When David was preparing to flee from Saul, Jonathan gave his sword to
David.
Logically Jonathan would become the next
king in Israel,
but he knew God’s hand was on David. He chose to help the man whom God had
anointed instead of fighting him out of jealousy.
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