1 Samuel 19:3-5

New International Version - UK

³ I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.’

⁴ Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, ‘Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. ⁵ He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?’