1. 1 Samuel 20:3 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How did David know that Saul kept information from Jonathan?

1 Samuel 20:3 (ESV)

3 But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

Because Saul knew that Jonathan was a good friend of David, David did not expect Saul to have kept Jonathan informed of his plans.1