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==Jonathan, David and Saul==

==Jonathan, David and Saul==

As a result, Saul, who did not realize that David was the same man who used to play the peace-bringing harp, inquired as to who he was, and David spoke with Saul. Having seen and heard David, Jonathan realized an immediate soul-bond with the young warrior, with whom (their respective accounts indicate) he was so much alike in heart and faith. As [[John Wesley]] notes, "Loved him - For his excellent virtues and endowments, which shone forth both in his speeches and actions; for the service he had done to God and to his people; and for the similitude of their age and qualities."<ref>John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible</ref> Saul, as his practice was, (1Sam. 14:52) would not let David return home. Jonathan and David enter into a covenant, a common practice among leaders, which was one of 3 they would make.  Jonathan might well have known of his father's forfeiture of the kingdom by disobedience, that Samuel had anointed a shepherd boy as the next king, (1Sam. 13;15-16) and evidently as part of the covenant, Jonathan removes his robe and outer garments,<ref>[http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/D/DRESS International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, DRESS]</ref> even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his soldiers girdle (likely armor:<ref>[http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/JamiesonFaussetBrown/jfb.cgi?book=1sa&chapter=018 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown]</ref> 2Sam. 20:8; 2King. 3:21) that was upon him, to give them to David. This is seen to have a ceremonial significance, as Moses did likewise to the high priest Aaron, (Num. 20:26) stripping him of his garments to put them upon Eleazar his son, in transference of the office, and here this would signify David taking the place of Jonathan as king, as it normally would have been his by inheritance. It also was an unselfish providence of clothes befitting a member of the royal court, as David would have on the clothes of a shepherd.  (1Sam. 18:1-4)   

As a result of David's victory over the Philistines, Saul inquired as to who he was, evidently not being able to perceive that David was the same man who used to play the peace-bringing harp, and being reintroduced, David then spoke with Saul. Having seen and heard David, Jonathan realized an immediate soul-bond with the young warrior, with whom (their respective accounts indicate) he was so much alike in heart and faith. As [[John Wesley]] notes, "Loved him - For his excellent virtues and endowments, which shone forth both in his speeches and actions; for the service he had done to God and to his people; and for the similitude of their age and qualities."<ref>John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible</ref> Saul, as his practice was, (1Sam. 14:52) would not let David return home. Jonathan and David enter into a covenant, a common practice among leaders, which was one of 3 they would make.  Jonathan might well have known of his father's forfeiture of the kingdom by disobedience, that Samuel had anointed a shepherd boy as the next king, (1Sam. 13;15-16) and evidently as part of the covenant, Jonathan removes his robe and outer garments,<ref>[http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/D/DRESS International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, DRESS]</ref> even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his soldiers girdle (likely armor:<ref>[http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/JamiesonFaussetBrown/jfb.cgi?book=1sa&chapter=018 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown]</ref> 2Sam. 20:8; 2King. 3:21) that was upon him, to give them to David. This is seen to have a ceremonial significance, as Moses did likewise to the high priest Aaron, (Num. 20:26) stripping him of his garments to put them upon Eleazar his son, in transference of the office, and here this would signify David taking the place of Jonathan as king, as it normally would have been his by inheritance. It also was an unselfish providence of clothes befitting a member of the royal court, as David would have on the clothes of a shepherd.  (1Sam. 18:1-4)   

===Saul versus David===

===Saul versus David===