1 Sam. 20:35-42
In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him was a little boy. He said to the boy, ‘Run and find the arrows that I shoot.’ As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. When the boy came to the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called after the boy and said, ‘Is the arrow not beyond you?’ Jonathan called after the boy, ‘Hurry, be quick, do not linger.’ So Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master. But the boy knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement. Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, ‘Go and carry them to the city.’ As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other, and wept with each other; David wept the more. Then Jonathan said to David, ‘Go in peace, since both of us have sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, “The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, for ever.” ’ He got up and left; and Jonathan went into the city.
BLOG DISCUSSION QUESTION: Why did David weep "the more"?
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Jonathan is the real prince, not David. Jonathan should be the next in line king of Israel not David. Jonathan was not annointed by God. to be the king. David got his kingship because of annointment, he knew how unworthy he was.
Why did David weep the more? Well, hard news is hard to take, even for David. Sometimes we tend to view the characters of the Bible as so different from ourselves, when in truth the Bible depicts them as being quite like us....exactly like us. When we read the Bible and see that there are people in there just like us, well, maybe we can see ourselves in the Biblical story, too.
David was sad to be losing a friend...who wouldn't cry?
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