Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 20:10
By what means or messenger shall I understand this? for peradventure thou wilt not be able to come to me thyself.
By what means or messenger shall I understand this? for peradventure thou wilt not be able to come to me thyself.
Verse 1 Samuel 20:10. _WHO SHALL TELL ME?_] Who shall give me the necessary information? What means wilt thou use to convey this intelligence to me?...
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...
_Who shall tell me_, &c. The double question answers to Jonathan's double promise in 1 Samuel 20:12, that he will let David know the result in either event. But perhaps the words should be rendered si...
David's Farewell to Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:1-42. _David's Appeal to Jonathan._ 1 Samuel 20:1-10 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what _is_ min...
_IF THY FATHER AT ALL MISS ME, THEN SAY, DAVID EARNESTLY ASKED LEAVE OF ME THAT HE MIGHT RUN TO BETHLEHEM HIS CITY: FOR THERE IS A YEARLY SACRIFICE THERE FOR ALL THE FAMILY._ No JFB commentary on the...
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...
WHO SHALL TELL ME? OR WHAT IF THY FATHER ANSWER THEE ROUGHLY? — The language in the original is here very abrupt and involved. Evidently the very words uttered in the memorable scene by the excited an...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל ־יְהֹ֣ונָתָ֔ן מִ֖י יַ
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...
FRIENDSHIP'S COVENANT 1 Samuel 20:1 Life becomes intolerable when suspense is long drawn out; hence David's appeal to his friend. Besides, he yearned for one more glimpse of the dear home at Bethlehe...
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...
Then said David to Jonathan, Who (f) shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly? (f) If your father favours me....
(9) В¶ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? (10) Then said David to Jonathan, Who sh...
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,...
THEN SAID DAVID TO JONATHAN, WHO SHALL TELL ME?.... The disposition of Saul's mind towards him, whether he gave a kind answer to the report of Jonathan concerning him: OR WHAT [IF] THY FATHER ANSWER...
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly? Ver. 10. _Who shall tell me?_] Since thou canst neither come, nor send to me with any safety. _ If thy fat...
_Jonathan said, Far be it from thee_ Or, rather, _Far be this away;_ for Jonathan is speaking of himself in this thing. _Then said David, Who shall tell me?_ Who shall bring me advice how matters stan...
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...
CONFERENCE BETWEEN DAVID AND JONATHAN...
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? He wondered how he could get the information about Saul's decree concerning himself, for the matter was too delicate to be entrusted to a servant. OR WH...
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...
1-10 The trials David met with, prepared him for future advancement. Thus the Lord deals with those whom he prepares unto glory. He does not put them into immediate possession of the kingdom, but lea...
1 Samuel 20:10 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Jonathan H3083 tell H5046 (H8686) father H1 answers H6030 ...
JONATHAN EXPLAINS HIS PLAN FOR LETTING DAVID KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS, AND RENEWS THEIR FIRM COVENANT (1 SAMUEL 20:10 A). In response to David's request Jonathan now outlined his plan for keeping Da...
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,...
_What if thy father answer thee roughly?_ A WORD FOR THE PERSECUTED I. Our first point is, what you may do, what there is a possibility of you doing, should your friends answer you roughly. 1. You...
_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...
JONATHAN ENDEAVOURS TO RECONCILE SAUL TO DAVID (1 Samuel 20:1.). EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S COVENANT WITH DAVID RENEWED ...
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 Kings 12:13; 1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 25:10; 1 Samuel 25:14;...