19:4,5
Jonathan spoke clearly with his father, pointing out that David had not wronged Saul in any way. Quite the opposite, Saul had greatly benefited from David’s actions. David had risked his life in fighting Goliath. Because we all know the outcome, we often don’t appreciate that in human terms David was almost certainly going to be killed. The odds were heavily stacked against him. Note also that Goliath is usually just referred to as “the Philistine”. David had won a great victory for all Israel, and had made Saul glad. So why was Saul now trying to kill David? We should not always expect rationality from people.
19:6,7
Once again Saul “listens” and changes his mind. However, he had done this before, and will do so again. He is a very fickle man. A man or woman led by evil, or evil spirits, will not be consistent or rational. They will switch from good to evil and back again, with evil increasingly gaining the upper hand. So Saul says that David will not be put to death. Jonathan informed David of the change in Saul, and David resumed his position as Saul’s musician.
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