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For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Why now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.
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Saul's Twisted Justification
Commentators explain that Saul's command is a calculated appeal to Jonathan's self-interest. He frames David as a direct political threat to Jonathan's future reign, arguing that as long as David lives, Jonathan's kingdom will never be secure. This was Saul's attempt to justify his murderous intent with political logic.
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1 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
You shall not be established. — Here the king gives expression to the thought that was always torturing that poor diseased brain o…
Baptist
Saul knew that David, and not Jonathan, was to succeed him on the throne.
He gives Jonathan warning of that fact, yet seeks his rival's life.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom
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Presbyterian
No one was more consistent than David in attending holy duties; nor would he have been absent, except that self-preservation compelled him to withd…
