Prajapati - The Butterfly

An Effort To Shape The Future Generation…

A true friend who can find?

Posted by sudiptasapna on May 12, 2008

Many years ago, in the land of Israel lived two friends. They are David and Jonathan. Jonathan was the son of a king named Saul, while David was the son of a common man who was a shepherd.
These two young lads met each other when Israel was going through a crisis. The neighboring Philistines who had a huge monster as their representative fighter attacked Israel. The monster was Goliath who threatened to kill every one. Now, no one dared to face this huge Goliath, not even king Saul. At this juncture David offered to fight Goliath with his confidence in God. True to his faith in God, David won the battle against Goliath and Israel won.
At this time, Jonathan the prince, liked David very much and they shared a friendship. David became popular for his bravery whereas Jonathan did not enjoy the same popularity or attention of people. People admired David even though he was a shepherd and Jonathan never received such admiration even though he was the prince and heir to the throne. Yet none of these differences came in between their true friendship. They loved each other from their hearts and cared for each other without any duplicity or pretensions. They loved each other more than themselves.
Unfortunately, King Saul could not tolerate, David’s popularity and fame. He was jealous of his courage and success. Therefore he did not appreciate his son Jonathan’s association with David. Time and again he would tell Jonathan that David was future threat for him as king. But Jonathan never bothered about these things because he was true to his friendship. He loved David like his own self. So he told David of his Father’s intention. David was grieved because he respected and loved King Saul as his own father. Jonathan persuaded David to run away and hide from Saul because he feared that David’s life was in danger. David was not very sure that he should run away so he hid near the palace and waited for Jonathan to bring him the correct news about the king’s intentions. During a certain festival, the king arranged for a feast for several days. He was expecting to meet David and imprison him, but David was absent. His seat near Jonathan remained empty for two consecutive evenings. At last King Saul enquired about David from Jonathan. Jonathan gave an excuse that David had gone to visit his people. At this Saul’s anger and jealousy was out of control. In a fit of rage he threw the spear at Jonathan rebuking him for taking Jonathan’s side. Jonathan had a narrow escape but his heart was broken. He was ashamed of his father’s jealousy and anger against David. Quietly he went out of the banquet hall and cautiously made his way outside the palace where David was hiding.
They embraced each other and wept, because they had to part ways now. David’s life was in danger and he had to flee from the king’s reach. Jonathan knew in his heart that David was God’s anointed to be the next king and he had no regrets. At the moment he wanted David to be safe. Before parting from each other they promised friendship to their next generations.
Many years later, David became King of Israel and Jonathan had already died in a battle. David remembered his promise to his friend. He sought out any descendents of Jonathan. At last he found one of Jonathan’s grandson who was crippled. This boy was very afraid to meet David. But David welcomed him to his house gave every respect and honor and treated him as very special guest. David always remembered his old friend Jonathan and was kind to his people.
During his whole kingship, David never had another true friend like Jonathan who loved him from the heart unconditionally and unfalteringly.

From the Bible

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