“What have I done? What is my crime that your father is trying to kill me? David said to Jonathan.
Unconvinced, Jonathan tried to pacify David.
“God forbid such a thing; come on, you won’t die! Look, my father doesn’t do anything without letting me know and why would he not tell me; it cannot be true.” Replied Jonathan earnestly.
Jonathan knows his father has thrown javelins at David yet it seems he is in denial; he cannot believe his father wants to kill David. He knows Saul suffers depressions and has bad days; so in his mind it is the moods and not the man.
Family ties can blind one to the truth. Jonathan’s problem is simple: his father Saul is king. Those of the flesh, or those who are not spiritual, cannot see the flesh is fatally flawed. They make excuses and defend human actions, which the scriptures say is indefensible – Romans 8:8.
David looked Jonathan square in the eyes and said:
“Your father sees that we have a strong friendship and he doesn’t want to upset you, but as God surely lives Jonathan, I only have to put a foot out of place and I am a dead man.”
Jonathan sensed David’s urgency and sincerity. He knew his father had a short fuse and did strange things at times, so he said:
“Okay, I am listening: whatever you want me to do I will do it for you.”
David - Son of Jesse