This post accompanies Gospel Doctrine lesson 23, "The Lord Be Between Thee and Me For Ever". Please see my article, Chiasms in 1 Samuel IV.
Lesson 23 covers 1 Samuel 18-20; 23-24.
Jonathan was roughly thirty years older than David. This beautiful stained glass window gets it backwards.
David and Jonathan - Cathedral of St. Raphael, Dubuque, Iowa.
Artist Frederick Leighton's Jonathan's Token to David gets the ages a little closer to reality. See 1 Samuel 20:11-13. But, when this event occurred, David would have been about 18 and Jonathan would have been about 48, so Leighton underestimated their ages. Also see this chronology, always keeping in mind that "for every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert".
"I promise that as you prayerfully study the Book of Mormon every day, you will make better decisions every day." Russell M. Nelson.
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