August 14, 2012 – 1 Samuel 20

Here we see the loyalty of Jonathon and an emotional departure after David is not safe in Israel anymore.  It reminds me of the breaking of the fellowship in “Fellowship of the Ring”.  Jonathon and David have a bond that is of the soul and they are aware that they may never see each other again.  Although it is only a few verses, you can imagine in the film version of David, this scene would be a climaxing point.  Now that I think about it, the story of David could be made into a trilogy and this could be the end of the first film, very close to the end of “Fellowship”. 

We see that Saul is so consumed with jealousy of David that he is almost willing to kill his own son.  That is a pretty severe case of jealousy, but as I have said before, compare that with what David does with Bathsheba’s husband.  Saul didn’t actually kill Jonathon or David.