Thou shalt not die; I will secure thee by my interest with my father; nor doth he design to destroy thee; for what he doth in his frantic fits is not to be imputed to him; and when he comes to himself, I doubt not to reconcile thee to him. For Jonathan gave credit to his father's oath, 1 Samuel 19:6; and the worthiest minds are least suspicious and most charitable in their opinions of others.
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1 Samuel 20:2
2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shewa it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.