Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day, made no remark concerning the peculiar absence of David; for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean, that is, Levitically clean, a condition which kept a person away from sacrificial meals, Leviticus 15:16 ff.; Deuteronomy 23:11.
HE IS NOT CLEAN - The new moon being a religious feast, and the meat to be eaten being peace-offerings, no one could assist at the feast who had any ceremonial uncleanness upon him (marginal reference...
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...
NOT ANY THING: i.e. "nothing [concerning David's absence] that day "....
This section is the _Haphtarah_for the New Moon when it falls on the first day of the week....
_he is not clean_ Persons who were ceremonially unclean were peremptorily excluded from participating in a religious festival. See Lev 7:20-21; 1 Samuel 16:5....
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...
HE IS NOT CLEAN; SURELY HE IS NOT CLEAN— See Leviticus 15:16. Houbigant renders this; _because, possibly, being unclean, he hath not purified himself:_ following the LXX. The other versions vary great...
_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...
_NEVERTHELESS SAUL SPAKE NOT ANY THING THAT DAY: FOR HE THOUGHT, SOMETHING HATH BEFALLEN HIM, HE IS NOT CLEAN; SURELY HE IS NOT CLEAN._ He is not clean. No notice was taken of David's absence, as he...
THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'...
HE _is_ NOT CLEAN] i.e. some ceremonial defilement has happened to him which prevents him from sharing in the festival: cp. John 18:28....
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...
וְ לֹֽא ־דִבֶּ֥ר שָׁא֛וּל מְא֖וּמָה בַּ †...
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...
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not (k) clean; surely he [is] not clean. (k) Yet he might have some business to let him....
_Purified, having perhaps touched some dead body, &c., Leviticus xi. 24._...
(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,...
NEVERTHELESS, SAUL SPAKE NOT ANYTHING THAT DAY,.... About David's absence, took no notice of it, said nothing about it: FOR HE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD BEFALLEN HIM; some impurity, some nocturnal pollut...
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean. Ver. 26. _Something hath befallen him._] _Casus est,_ it is s...
_David hid himself in the field_ Namely, at the time appointed: for it seems probable that he went first to Beth-lehem, and thence returned to the field, when the occasion required. _Jonathan arose_ H...
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...
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...
SOMETHING HATH BEFALLEN; some accident which hath rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of these peace-offerings, according to the law,...
1 Samuel 20:26 Saul H7586 say H1696 (H8765) anything H3972 day H3117 thought H559 (H8804) happened H4745
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 20:26 Because the feast involved sacrifices, one had to be CLEAN to participate (on the terms “clean” and “unclean,” see Introduction to Leviticus, Problems in Understanding...
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...
Leviticus 11:24; Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:31; Leviticus 11:40;...
Something — Some accident which has rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of the peace — offerings, according to the law, Leviticus 7:2...