David meets with Jonathan and asks why Saul is trying to kill him. Jonathan is reluctant to believe that his father will really kill David, or at least that David will die.
David and Jonathan agree a signal that will confirm whether or not Saul really does intend to kill David, and make a covenant with each other.
Jonathan discovers that Saul really does intend to kill David. Jonathan remonstrated with his father, but Saul then threw his spear at his own son. Spear throwing seemed to be Saul's default act of rage.
Jonathan then goes to warn David and David flees.
As an aside there are some who would see evidence of a homosexual relationship between David and Jonathan. This is complete nonsense and is an example of reading onto the text what you want to read. It also betrays an impoverished view of the depth of relationship there can be between men (or women) without any sexual content. Our society is sex obsessed. It is rather ironic that the church is often accused of being obsessed with sex.
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