1 Samuel 22:8

“That all of you have conspired against me, etc.] For though they had not revolted from him, and been guilty of overt acts of treason, yet since they did not discover to him what he supposed they knew, and showed no concern for the circumstances in which he was, he interpreted this a conspiracy against him: and [there is] none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse; Saul did not know this certainly, he only suspected it from the strict and close friendship between them, and imagined that some of his servants were acquainted with it, though they kept it from him; whereas none knew of it but Jonathan and David themselves: and [there is] none of you that is sorry…”

“That all, &c. - See the nature of jealousy, and its arts of wheedling to extort discoveries of things that are not. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 22:10”

“showeth me: Heb. uncovereth mine ear, Sa1 20:2; Job 33:16 \*marg. that my son: Sa1 18:3, Sa1 20:8, Sa1 20:13-17, Sa1 20:30-34, Sa1 20:42, Sa1 23:16-18 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 22:9”

“"That you have all of you conspired against me, and no one informs me of it, since my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse." בּכרת, lit. at the making of a covenant. Saul may possibly have heard something of the facts related in Sa1 20:12-17; at the same time, his words may merely refer to Jonathan's friendship with David, which was well known to him. ואין־חלה, "and no one of you is grieved on my account ... that my son has set my servant (David) as a lier in wait against me," i.e., to plot against my life, and wrest the throne to himself. We may see from this, that Saul was carried by his suspicions very far beyond the actual facts. "As at this day:" cf. Deu 8:18, etc. 1 Kings (1…”