George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Samuel 20:27
To-day, which was the sabbath. (Calmet) --- On the new moons people did not travel far. (Menochius)
To-day, which was the sabbath. (Calmet) --- On the new moons people did not travel far. (Menochius)
5. JONATHAN PROTECTS DAVID AND THEIR SEPARATION CHAPTER 20 _ 1. David with Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:1)_ 2. The strengthened bonds and the token (1 Samuel 20:11) 3. Saul's attempt to kill Jonathan ...
1 SAMUEL 20. DAVID AND JONATHAN (J). 1 Samuel 20 has no obvious connexion with any of the preceding or following sections: And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, is an editorial insertion to connect thi...
This section is the _Haphtarah_for the New Moon when it falls on the first day of the week....
Saul's intention tested by Jonathan 24. _meat_ Lit. _bread_. "Meat" in the E. V. signifies _food_in general, and is nowhere limited to the modem meaning _flesh_. This usage survives in some provincia...
_Saul's Attack on Jonathan and David._ 1 Samuel 20:24-34 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, WHICH WAS THE SECOND DAY OF THE MONTH, THAT DAVID'S PLACE WAS EMPTY: AND SAUL SAID UNTO JONATHAN HIS SON, WHEREFORE COMETH NOT THE SON OF JESSE TO MEAT, NEITHER YES...
THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 20 JONATHAN HELPS DAVID V1 Then David ran away from Naioth at Ramah. He went to Jonathan and asked him, ‘What have I done? What is my crime? W...
ON THE MORROW. — David’s continued absence on the second day of the feast awoke Saul’s suspicion, and he asked his son, who was sitting by him, what was the reason of his friend’s absence, aware that...
וַ יְהִ֗י מִֽ מָּחֳרַ֤ת הַ חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ הַ
CHAPTER XXVII. _ DAVID AND JONATHAN._ 1 Samuel 20:1. WE have no means of determining how long time elapsed between the events recorded in the preceding chapter and those recorded in this. It is not...
A FRIEND AT COURT 1 Samuel 20:17 Jonathan most have been strongly tempted to ally himself with his friend, that they might face the world together; but he clung loyally to his father's fortunes, thou...
David returned to Jonathan, and there follows an interesting and beautiful account of a time in which these two friends took counsel together about David's peril. Every incident of the story is full...
And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not (l) the son of Jesse to meat, neit...
(25) And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. (26) Nevertheless Saul spake not an...
Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
David is now driven away from the presence of Saul, and becomes a wanderer in the earth. It is no longer entire submission to Saul, whilst himself the vessel of the energy of God. Driven away by Saul,...
AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, [WHICH WAS] THE SECOND [DAY] OF THE MONTH,.... The Targum is, "and it was on the day after it, which was the intercalation of the second month;'' when the beginnin...
And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither...
_Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse?_ So he calls him in contempt and scorn, to mark the meanness of his original, and as not deigning to call him by his proper name. _Neither yesterday nor to-day_...
1 Dauid consulteth with Ionathan for his safetie. 11 Ionathan and Dauid renew their couenant by oath. 18 Ionathans token to Dauid. 24 Saul missing Dauid, seeketh to kill Ionathan. 35 Ionathan loui...
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty, literally, "on the morrow after the new moon," the second day; AND SAUL SAID UNTO JONATHAN, HIS...
Jonathan's Information to David...
David however was fearful of the very presence of Saul at Naioth. He left there and returned back to find Jonathan, apparently hoping to find some possibility of help in Jonathan's further interceding...
24-34 None were more constant than David in attending holy duties; nor had he been absent, but self-preservation obliged him to withdraw. In great peril present opportunities for Divine ordinances ma...
WHICH WAS THE SECOND DAY OF THE MONTH, or, on the morrow of the new moon, being the second day; either, 1. Of the three days appointed, 1 SAMUEL 20:5,19. Or, 2. Of the feast. Or, 3. Of the month. Sa...
1 Samuel 20:27 day H4283 second H8145 month H2320 Davids H1732 place H4725 empty H6485 (H8735) Saul H7586 said...
JONATHAN AND SAUL FALL OUT OVER DAVID AT THE NEW MOON FESTIVAL (20:24B-34). Every ‘day of the new moon', which indicated the commencement of another ‘month', and thus regulated the seasons and the day...
CONTENTS: Jonathan protects David. Their parting. CHARACTERS: God, David, Jonathan, Saul. CONCLUSION: Though the believer be despised of many, compelled to leave all comforts and part with best frie...
1 Samuel 20:5. _The new moon,_ a day of feasting and trumpets, accompanied with the exercises of devotion. Numbers 10:16. 1 Samuel 20:6. _Run to Bethlehem._ It was not very far from Saul's residence,...
_And I will shoot three arrows._ THE CLAIMS OF FRIENDSHIP I. The arrows taught that a strong and noble friend was standing in the breach. 1. Never be ashamed to own a friend. Do not count him your...
_And David fled from Naioth, in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan._ DAVID AND JONATHAN 1. It will be suitable for us to dwell on the remarkable friendship between David and Jonathan--a beauti...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 20:1. “AND DAVID FLED,” while Saul was still under the power of the prophetic influence. “Nothing could be a better evidence of his innocence than his thus putt...
EXPOSITION OPEN HATRED OF SAUL AGAINST DAVID (1 Samuel 20:24-9). 1 SAMUEL 20:24-9 THE KING SAT HIM DOWN TO EAT MEAT. Hebrew, "the king sat d
Now David fled from Naioth in Ramah, he came to Jonathan, he said, What have I done? what is my iniquity? what is my sin that your father is seeking my life? And Jonathan said to him, God forbid; thou...
1 Peter 2:4; 1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Samuel 19:10; 1 Samuel 19:15; 1 Sam
Son of Jesse — So he calls him in scorn, to note the meanness of his original; and as not deigning to call him by his proper name. To day — For the uncleanness which came by some chance, usually laste...