Jonathan did not appear to think that there was any real danger for David. He was not aware of any new attempts on David’s life.1 When David shared details of what transpired over those last few days, he may have been eager to dismiss them as another misunderstanding.2 Jonathan struggled to believe that his father really wanted to harm David.3 In fact, he did not want to believe that his father sought to harm David because that would have prompted him to choose between them.
2 And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”