KJV ORIGINAL
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Jonathan replied, 'Don't even think that! If I knew for certain that my father was planning to harm you, wouldn't I warn you about it?'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jonathan is reassuring David that he would absolutely warn him if he discovered his father King Saul was planning to hurt him.
📚 Historical Context
This conversation takes place during the tense period when King Saul had become increasingly jealous of David's success and popularity. David was beginning to suspect that Saul wanted to kill him, but Jonathan, who was both Saul's son and David's best friend, found this hard to believe about his own father.
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