Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

When Saul heard these words, his anger was uncontrollable. He
declared that as long as David lived, Jonathan could not become
king. David should be sent for immediately, that he might be put to
death. Jonathan again pleaded, "Why should he be killed? What has
he done?" This only made the king more satanic in his fury, and he
now hurled at his own son the spear intended for David.
The prince was sad and offended. Leaving his father's presence,
he went at the appointed time to the spot where David was to learn
the king's intentions. They wept bitterly. The king's dark passion
cast its shadow on the young men, and their grief was too intense for
expression. Jonathan's last words to David as they separated were:
"Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the Lord,
saying, 'May the Lord be between you and me, and between your
descendants and my descendants forever.'"
David hurried to Nob. The tabernacle had been taken to this
place from Shiloh, and Ahimelech the high priest ministered here.
The priest looked at David in astonishment, as he came hurriedly
and apparently alone. He asked what had brought him there, and in
his desperation the young man resorted to deception. David told the
priest he had been sent on a secret errand by the king.
David's Faith Fails
Here David showed a lack of faith in God, and his sin resulted
in the death of the high priest. If he had told the facts plainly,
Ahimelech would have known what to do to preserve his life. God
596