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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 20:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 20:19 |
Strong Concordance |
And when thou hast stayed three days [08027], then thou shalt go down [03381] quickly [03966], and come [0935] to the place [04725] where thou didst hide [05641] thyself when [03117] the business [04639] was in hand, and shalt remain [03427] by [0681] the stone [068] Ezel [0237]. |
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King James |
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
when thou hast stayed three days--either with your family at Beth-lehem, or wherever you find it convenient.
come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand--Hebrew, "in the day," or "time of the business," when the same matter was under inquiry formerly (Sa1 19:22).
remain by the stone Ezel--Hebrew, "the stone of the way"; a sort of milestone which directed travellers. He was to conceal himself in some cave or hiding-place near that spot. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The stone Ezel - It is not mentioned elsewhere, except possibly in Sa1 20:41, where see the note. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Was in hand - When this same business which now they were treating about, was in agitation formerly; namely, to discover Saul's mind and purpose towards him, Sa1 19:2-3. Ezel - By that stone which directs travellers in the way; namely, in some cave, or convenient place, which was near it. |
22 Then went [03212] he also to Ramah [07414], and came [0935] to a great [01419] well [0953] that is in Sechu [07906]: and he asked [07592] and said [0559], Where [0375] are Samuel [08050] and David [01732]? And one said [0559], Behold, they be at Naioth [05121] in Ramah [07414].
41 And as soon as the lad [05288] was gone [0935], David [01732] arose [06965] out of a place toward [0681] the south [05045], and fell [05307] on his face [0639] to the ground [0776], and bowed [07812] himself three [07969] times [06471]: and they kissed [05401] one [0376] another [07453], and wept [01058] one [0376] with another [07453], until David [01732] exceeded [01431].
2 But Jonathan [03083] Saul's [07586] son [01121] delighted [02654] much [03966] in David [01732]: and Jonathan [03083] told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Saul [07586] my father [01] seeketh [01245] to kill [04191] thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed [08104] to thyself until the morning [01242], and abide [03427] in a secret [05643] place, and hide [02244] thyself:
3 And I will go out [03318] and stand [05975] beside [03027] my father [01] in the field [07704] where thou art, and I will commune [01696] with my father [01] of thee; and what [04100] I see [07200], that I will tell [05046] thee.