And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
Jonathan said to him, 'God forbid! You won't die. Look, my father doesn't do anything important or unimportant without telling me about it first. Why would my father hide this from me? That's not how it is.'
Jonathan is reassuring David that King Saul wouldn't try to kill him without Jonathan knowing about it first, because his father tells him everything.
📚 Historical Context
This conversation takes place when David is fleeing from King Saul, who has become jealous and murderous toward David's growing popularity and success. Jonathan, Saul's son and David's best friend, is struggling to believe that his father would actually try to kill David. At this point in the story, Jonathan still trusts in his close relationship with his father and believes Saul would confide in him about such serious matters.
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