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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 20:35 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Sa 20:35 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass in the morning [01242], that Jonathan [03083] went out [03318] into the field [07704] at the time appointed [04150] with David [01732], and a little [06996] lad [05288] with him. |
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King James |
And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. |
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] |
Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed--or, "at the place appointed." |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The next morning Jonathan made David acquainted with what had occurred, by means of the sign agreed upon with David. The account of this, and of the meeting between Jonathan and David which followed, is given very concisely, only the main points being touched upon. In the morning (after what had occurred) Jonathan went to the field, דּוד למועד, either "at the time agreed upon with David," or "to the meeting with David," or perhaps better still, "according to the appointment (agreement) with David," and a small boy with him.
Sa1 20:36
To the latter he said, namely as soon as they had come to the field, Run, get the arrows which I shoot. The boy ran, and he shot off the arrows, "to go out beyond him," i.e., so that the arrows flew farther than the boy had run. The form חצי for חץ only occurs in connection with disjunctive accents; beside the present chapter (Sa1 20:36, Sa1 20:37, Sa1 20:38, Chethibh) we find it again in Kg2 9:24. The singular is used here with indefinite generality, as the historian did not consider it necessary to mention expressly, after what he had previously written, that Jonathan shot off three arrows one after another.
Sa1 20:37-39
When the boy came to the place of the shot arrow (i.e., to the place to which the arrow had flown), Jonathan called after him, "See, the arrow is (lies) away from thee, farther off;" and again, "Quickly, haste, do not stand still," that he might not see David, who was somewhere near; and the boy picked up the arrow and came to his lord. The Chethibh החצי is evidently the original reading, and the singular is to be understood as in Sa1 20:37; the Keri החצּים is an emendation, according to the meaning of the words. The writer here introduces the remark in Sa1 20:39, that the boy knew nothing of what had been arranged between Jonathan and David.
Sa1 20:40
Jonathan then gave the boy his things (bow, arrows, and quiver), and sent him with them to the town, that he might be able to converse with David for a few seconds after his departure, and take leave of him unobserved.
Sa1 20:41
When the boy had gone, David rose (from his hiding-place) from the south side, fell down upon his face to the ground, and bowed three times (before Jonathan); they then kissed each other, and wept for one another, "till David wept strongly," i.e., to such a degree that David wept very loud. הנּגב מאצל, "from the side of the south," which is the expression used to describe David's hiding-place, according to its direction in relation to the place where Jonathan was standing, has not been correctly rendered by any of the early translators except Aquila and Jerome. In the Septuagint, the Chaldee, the Syriac, and the Arabic, the statement in Sa1 20:19 is repeated, simply because the translators could not see the force of הנּגב מאצל, although it is intelligible enough in relation to what follows, according to which David fled from thence southwards to Nob.
Sa1 20:42
All that is given of the conversation between the two friends is the parting word spoken by Jonathan to David: "Go in peace. What we two have sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever:" sc., let it stand, or let us abide by it. The clause contains an aposiopesis, which may be accounted for from Jonathan's deep emotion, and in which the apodosis may be gathered from the sense. For it is evident, from a comparison of Sa1 20:23, that the expression "for ever" must be understood as forming part of the oath. - Sa1 21:1. David then set out upon his journey, and Jonathan returned to the town. This verse ought, strictly speaking, to form the conclusion of 1 Samuel 20.
(Note: In our English version it does; but in the Hebrew, which is followed here, it forms the opening verse of Sa1 21:1-15. In the exposition of the following chapter it has been thought better to follow the numbering of the verses in our version rather than that of the original, although the latter is conformed to the Hebrew. - Tr.)
The subject to "arose" is David; not because Jonathan was the last one spoken of (Thenius), but because the following words, "and Jonathan came," etc., are in evident antithesis to "he arose and went." |
1 Then came [0935] David [01732] to Nob [05011] to Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548]: and Ahimelech [0288] was afraid [02729] at the meeting [07125] of David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man [0376] with thee?
2 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], The king [04428] hath commanded [06680] me a business [01697], and hath said [0559] unto me, Let no man [0376] know [03045] any thing [03972] of the business [01697] whereabout I send [07971] thee, and what I have commanded [06680] thee: and I have appointed [03045] my servants [05288] to such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725].
3 Now therefore what is [03426] under thine hand [03027]? give [05414] me five [02568] loaves of bread [03899] in mine hand [03027], or what there is present [04672].
4 And the priest [03548] answered [06030] David [01732], and said [0559], There is no common [02455] bread [03899] under mine hand [03027], but there is [03426] hallowed [06944] bread [03899]; if the young men [05288] have kept [08104] themselves at least [0389] from women [0802].
5 And David [01732] answered [06030] the priest [03548], and said [0559] unto him, Of a truth [0518] women [0802] have been kept [06113] from us about these three [08032] days [08543], since I came out [03318], and the vessels [03627] of the young men [05288] are holy [06944], and the bread is in a manner [01870] common [02455], yea, though it were sanctified [06942] this day [03117] in the vessel [03627].
6 So the priest [03548] gave [05414] him hallowed [06944] bread: for there was no bread [03899] there but the shewbread [03899] [06440], that was taken [05493] from before [06440] the LORD [03068], to put [07760] hot [02527] bread [03899] in the day [03117] when it was taken away [03947].
7 Now a certain man [0376] of the servants [05650] of Saul [07586] was there that day [03117], detained [06113] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and his name [08034] was Doeg [01673], an Edomite [0130], the chiefest [047] of the herdmen [07462] that belonged to Saul [07586].
8 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288], And is there [03426] not [0371] here under thine hand [03027] spear [02595] or sword [02719]? for I have neither brought [03947] my sword [02719] nor my weapons [03627] with me [03027], because the king's [04428] business [01697] required [01961] haste [05169].
9 And the priest [03548] said [0559], The sword [02719] of Goliath [01555] the Philistine [06430], whom thou slewest [05221] in the valley [06010] of Elah [0425], behold, it is here wrapped [03874] in a cloth [08071] behind [0310] the ephod [0646]: if thou wilt take [03947] that, take [03947] it: for there is no other [0312] save [02108] that here [02088]. And David [01732] said [0559], There is none like that; give [05414] it me.
10 And David [01732] arose [06965], and fled [01272] that day [03117] for fear [06440] of Saul [07586], and went [0935] to Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].
11 And the servants [05650] of Achish [0397] said [0559] unto him, Is not this David [01732] the king [04428] of the land [0776]? did they not sing [06030] one to another of him [02088] in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] hath slain [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?
12 And David [01732] laid up [07760] these words [01697] in his heart [03824], and was sore [03966] afraid [03372] of [06440] Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].
13 And he changed [08138] his behaviour [02940] before [05869] them, and feigned himself mad [01984] in their hands [03027], and scrabbled [08427] on the doors [01817] of the gate [08179], and let his spittle [07388] fall down [03381] upon his beard [02206].
14 Then said [0559] Achish [0397] unto his servants [05650], Lo, ye see [07200] the man [0376] is mad [07696]: wherefore then have ye brought [0935] him to me?
15 Have I need [02638] of mad men [07696], that ye have brought [0935] this fellow to play the mad man [07696] in my presence? shall this fellow come [0935] into my house [01004]?
1 Then came [0935] David [01732] to Nob [05011] to Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548]: and Ahimelech [0288] was afraid [02729] at the meeting [07125] of David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man [0376] with thee?
23 And as touching the matter [01697] which thou and I have spoken [01696] of, behold, the LORD [03068] be between thee and me for [05704] ever [05769].
42 And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to David [01732], Go [03212] in peace [07965], forasmuch as we have sworn [07650] both [08147] of us in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] be between me and thee, and between my seed [02233] and thy seed [02233] for [05704] ever [05769]. And he arose [06965] and departed [03212]: and Jonathan [03083] went [0935] into the city [05892].
19 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].
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].
40 And Jonathan [03083] gave [05414] his artillery [03627] unto his lad [05288], and said [0559] unto him, Go [03212], carry [0935] them to the city [05892].
39 But the lad [05288] knew [03045] not any thing [03972]: only Jonathan [03083] and David [01732] knew [03045] the matter [01697].
37 And when the lad [05288] was come [0935] to the place [04725] of the arrow [02678] which Jonathan [03083] had shot [03384], Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], and said [0559], Is not the arrow [02678] beyond [01973] thee?
37 And when the lad [05288] was come [0935] to the place [04725] of the arrow [02678] which Jonathan [03083] had shot [03384], Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], and said [0559], Is not the arrow [02678] beyond [01973] thee?
38 And Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], Make speed [04120], haste [02363], stay [05975] not. And Jonathan's [03083] lad [05288] gathered up [03950] the arrows [02671] [02678], and came [0935] to his master [0113].
39 But the lad [05288] knew [03045] not any thing [03972]: only Jonathan [03083] and David [01732] knew [03045] the matter [01697].
24 And Jehu [03058] drew a bow [07198] with his full [04390] strength [03027], and smote [05221] Jehoram [03088] between his arms [02220], and the arrow [02678] went out [03318] at his heart [03820], and he sunk down [03766] in his chariot [07393].
38 And Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], Make speed [04120], haste [02363], stay [05975] not. And Jonathan's [03083] lad [05288] gathered up [03950] the arrows [02671] [02678], and came [0935] to his master [0113].
37 And when the lad [05288] was come [0935] to the place [04725] of the arrow [02678] which Jonathan [03083] had shot [03384], Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], and said [0559], Is not the arrow [02678] beyond [01973] thee?
36 And he said [0559] unto his lad [05288], Run [07323], find out [04672] now the arrows [02671] which I shoot [03384]. And as the lad [05288] ran [07323], he shot [03384] an arrow [02678] beyond [05674] him.
36 And he said [0559] unto his lad [05288], Run [07323], find out [04672] now the arrows [02671] which I shoot [03384]. And as the lad [05288] ran [07323], he shot [03384] an arrow [02678] beyond [05674] him.