David and Jonathan Friendship — 1 Samuel 18:1-4. The first reference to the friendship of David and Jonathan is found in 1 Samuel 18:1-4. Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

Michal, who was David’s wife and the daughter of Saul (1 Samuel 18:19-27), warned David, who then fled to Samuel in Ramah (1 Samuel 19:18). 1 Samuel 20 captures a lengthy discussion that occurred between Jonathan and David. In verse 9, Jonathan promised David that if he learned “that evil has been decided by my father,” he would tell David.

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For example, the harmony demonstrates that David killed Goliath while Saul was king, and Elhanan killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, when David was king. 5 1 Samuel 17:31-58 reveals that David killed Goliath while Saul was king. 1 Chronicles 19:17-20:8 indicates David was king when the events it records occurred.

So, how did King David and Abigail meet? 1 Samuel 25:9-13 states that King David’s servants heard Nabal, Abigail’s husband, foolishly make negative comments about David. Consequently, David and four hundred men went to kill him. But one of King David’s young men told Abigail what David had planned to do to her husband (v. 14-17).

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The first maneuver is given in verses 40-43. Here is verse 40, At the end time the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them and pass through.

RaDaK is an acronym for Rabbi David Kimchi (A.D. 1160-1235), and the acronym RaSHI refers to Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (A.D. 1040 – 1105). Then Risto Santala adds, The Metsudat David says, “He is the Messiah-King, who is to come from the seed of David; he will tend them and will become their shepherd.”

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. 2 Samuel 5:4 (NASB) It has been estimated that he became king either in 1048 or 1011 B.C. 4,5 It is important to note that Ussher and Floyd Nolen Jones estimate that the time of David’s commissioning was either 15 or 22 years earlier than his coronation as king.