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He waited and wondered. By stealth, he had conveyed himself to the field the night before. He was confident that his actions had been undetected and that was of paramount importance. He knew that many eyes were looking for him even now and some of those searching were not friendly to him. His safety — and perhaps even the safety of his family — depended upon this subterfuge. And so he was hiding, just as he and Jonathan had prearranged. And as he waited, David wondered what had transpired at the king’s table the previous two days. He wondered what news there would be.

There was no way of knowing for sure how Saul would react, of course, though David had a good idea. Saul was a tormented man and his moods altered almost daily. Sometimes the king was friendly, almost fatherly. Other times he was aloof. Other times he seemed to have a terrible grudge against David. He looked at David sternly, with hatred in his countenance. Those times were frightening and were becoming more frequent.

Hadn’t Saul tried to thrust David through with a javelin? Hadn’t David been forced to flee from his own house not long before with the aid of his wife Michel? Hadn’t Saul told his servants that David must be killed.
It seemed that Saul had it in for David. But why? David had served honorably in the army. He had slain the Philistines in battle. He had felled the fearsome giant Goliath. And he had done it all as the king’s servant, not as the king’s rival. Why didn’t Saul see this? The king was jealous, perhaps, or maybe the king saw David as a threat to his throne. Maybe Saul was just plain going insane, as some had suggested. Maybe it was a combination of many things.

No matter what happened with Saul, though, David knew one thing for certain. He knew that his friend Jonathan would not betray his trust.
It was so ironic. If anyone should feel threatened by David’s popularity and David’s success in battle, it should be Jonathan, not Saul. Jonathan, after all, was the king’s son and the rightful heir to the throne. If anyone should want David out of the way, it was Jonathan. The one person in all of Israel who had the most to gain by David’s death was Jonathan.

And yet, Jonathan was the one whom David trusted implicity. David would lay down his life for Jonathan and he knew that Jonathan would do the same for him. Such was the great bond between them.

Jonathan had already defended David before the king. Back then, the king had listened to Jonathan’s counsel and had repented of his evil designs on the son of Jesse.
But this was a different day. David suspected that there would be no more relenting by the king. David sensed in his heart that even Jonathan would not change the king’s mind now. Saul was determined and there was no more reasoning with him.

Wait! Jonathan was approaching the field. He was striding toward the stone Ezel just as they had planned. Jonathan had a bow and some arrows and a young lad with him. Jonathan, reliable as the sunrise, had come to convey to David secretly what had transpired at the king’s table. Jonathan — as honorable in his own right as his father was not — was proving his love and faithfulness again.

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