Hobbits of the Bible

I had a thought Friday night, Jonathan was David's Samwise Gamgee.

You know the story, they become friends, then Saul decides to kill David because he's a threat to Jonathan taking the throne. Jonathan knows this and is oddly ok with being the support character. Even after David accuses him of knowing Saul's trying to kill him and not warning him he doesn't say, "forget you dude" and go his own way. He nearly takes a spear from the hand of his oh-so-loving-father for his pal before helping him escape.

When I mentioned this to my sister she pointed out that Sam get's the girl, Bag End, and becomes mayor at the end of the books, Jonathan dies in battle and never becomes king. Her question, "what is this the Shakespeare version?"

Ok, so Suzi has a point and it's not literally the same, and yes, one ends much more tragically  What I was trying to get to is that the depth of loyalty and self sacrifice is the same. The clincher, try 1 Samuel 23 starting around verse 14. (Although, I will say it's much more brief and not nearly as epic as Sam's speech to Frodo at the end of Two Towers).