1 SAMUEL 19:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?”
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you — Jonathan's *v'ani yatzati v'aamdit et avi ba'sadeh asher attah sham*, I will go out and stand beside my father in the field, represents Jonathan's attempt at mediation, his hope that he can persuade Saul to spare David. The phrase *v'dibartei avi alecha*, I will speak to my father about you, suggests Jonathan's faith in the power of speech to move even Saul's hardened heart. Jonathan positions himself as intermediary, as the voice of reason and love standing between father and friend.
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