because he loved him: or, by his love toward him
for he loved: 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:3; Deuteronomy 13:6; 2 Samuel 1:26; Proverbs 18:24
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1 Samuel 20:17
1 Samuel 20:17
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1 Samuel 20:1
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Notwithstanding the strong confidence David had in Jonathan, yet,
because he might have some reason to fear that his father's influence,
and his…