David and Jonathan

Saul tries to kill David (freebibleimages.org)

Central Truth: The friendship between David and Jonathan is the kind of friendship that God wants with us.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 18:1-9; 20

David first met Jonathan after his victory over Goliath. Their friendship was to last as long as they both lived. When Saul and David returned from the battle with the Philistines, the women came out of the cities singing and dancing. They sang to one another “Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” The song made Saul jealous and an evil spirit came upon him. David played for him as usual but his singing did not soothe Saul. Instead, he threw a javelin at David’s head. Thus begins Saul’s obsession to kill David. As soon as Jonathan discovered that Saul would harm his friend, he warned David who escaped from Saul’s grasp.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School. We elaborated on David and Jonathan's friendship by listing the qualities of a good friend:

Drawing inspired by Pinterest, using drawing instructions found on Dragonart website.