Whose Hearts Fail Not
In the Come, Follow Me manual we read this related to this week’s material: “‘Jonathan loved [David] as his own soul.’ As you read 1 Samuel 18, consider contrasting Saul and his son Jonathan (who, if not for David, could have assumed he would be the next king). How did Saul and Jonathan react to David’s success? What can you learn from this experience?” Jonathan was the son of Saul, the king, and they were both witnesses to the rise in power and prestige of David. Jonathan was faithful to the Lord like David, and right after David’s miraculous defeat of Goliath, we read that “the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” After David’s success against the giant, Saul sent David to a leader in the wars with the Philistines, and eventually the women of Israel took note of David’s success and started to sing, “Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” In other words, they were suggesting that David was more successful at ...