that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son, namely, Jonathan, hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, showing the sympathy which true loyalty demands, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant, David, against me, to lie in wait, as an enemy seeking the king's life, as at this day? Both suspicions, that David was intriguing to take his throne And life, and that Jonathan was stirring up David to this conduct, were false. "Saul fancies himself in the meshes of a conspiracy against his person and kingdom organized by his own son, and accuses his courtiers of knowledge thereof and active participation therein. To such a pitch had the darkening And wasting of his inner life grown through hate and suspicion. " (Lange.)

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