Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.
      2. He took pains to pacify his father and reconcile him to David. The next morning he ventured to commune with him concerning David (1 Samuel 19:3; 1 Samuel 19:3), not that night, perhaps because he observed Saul to be drunk and not fit to be spoken to, or because he hoped that, when he had slept upon it, he would himself revoke the order, or because he could not have an opportunity of speaking to him till morning.