That they should kill David. —The literal translation of the original gives a much better sense: “that he intended to kill David,”…

And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son
Who was heir to his crown; and though he knew he loved David, and was in strict f…

How forcible are right words! Saul was, for a time, convinced of the unreasonablene of his enmity to David; but he continued his malice against Dav…