(page 1) Bible Verses About Jonathan
105 Scriptures on Jonathan

1 Samuel 20:12

And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

1 Samuel 20:13

May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

1 Samuel 20:16

And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.

1 Samuel 20:25

And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.

1 Samuel 20:27

And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

1 Samuel 20:28

And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,

1 Samuel 20:3

But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

1 Samuel 20:33

And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

1 Samuel 20:34

So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.

1 Samuel 20:35

Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.

1 Samuel 20:37

And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

1 Samuel 20:38

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

1 Samuel 20:39

But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.

1 Samuel 20:4

Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

1 Samuel 20:40

And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

1 Samuel 20:42

And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

1 Samuel 20:5

And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.

1 Samuel 20:9

And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

1 Samuel 23:18

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

1 Samuel 31:2

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

2 Samuel 1:12

And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 1:25

How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:4

And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.

2 Samuel 1:5

And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

2 Samuel 15:27

The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.

2 Samuel 15:36

See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.

2 Samuel 17:17

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

2 Samuel 17:20

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:

2 Samuel 21:13

And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.

2 Samuel 21:14

And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

2 Samuel 23:33

Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite,

2 Samuel 4:4

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 9:1

And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

2 Samuel 9:3

And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

2 Samuel 9:6

And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.

2 Samuel 9:7

And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

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