Jonathan: David's Covenant Friend (6): Jonathan: A Friend in David's Need (I Samuel 20:1-23) by Rev. Martyn McGeown
I. David Turns to Jonathan
II. Jonathan Helps David
III. Jonathan Petitions David
John Gill on I Samuel 20:6: “[Bethlehem] was not far from Gibeah, and whither he could soon run; and which shows the haste he proposed to make, and his eager desire to be there, and which also is signified by his earnest and importunate request; for all this might be true, and no lie of David, framed for an excuse; and after he had hid himself some time in the field, until it was evening, he might go to Bethlehem, and return soon enough to meet Jonathan in the field at the time fixed by them on the third day.”