Quotes about Jonathan
But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
— 1 Samuel 20:27
Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
— 1 Samuel 20:28
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
— 1 Samuel 20:30
“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
— 1 Samuel 20:32
Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
— 1 Samuel 20:34
In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
— 1 Samuel 20:35
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
— 1 Samuel 20:38
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
— 1 Samuel 20:40
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
— 1 Samuel 20:41
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
— 1 Samuel 31:2
“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
— 2 Samuel 1:4
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
— 2 Samuel 1:5