Far be it from you. —Vulgate, absit hoc a te. This strong expression bears emphatic testimony to Jonathan’s implicit beli…

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may …

And Jonathan said, far be it from you To entertain such a thought of me, or to have the least suspicion of me, that I sho…

The trials David met with prepared him for future advancement. In this way, the Lord deals with those whom He prepares for glory. He does not put t…