Toward the south; in respect of the stone where David by appointment hid himself. Until David exceeded; as well he might, because he was driven away, not only from his dear friend Jonathan, but also from his wife, and all his relations, and from the commonwealth of israel, and from the service of God; as he complains below, 1 Samuel 26:19.
Verse 1 Samuel 20:41. _UNTIL DAVID EXCEEDED._] David's distress must, in the nature of things, be the _greatest_. Besides his friend Jonathan, whom he was now about to lose for ever, he lost his wife,...
A PLACE TOWARD THE SOUTH - An unintelligible description; one expects a repetition of the description of David’s hiding-place in 1 Samuel 20:19. The Septuagint in both places has “argab,” a word meani...
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...
OUT OF. PLACE TOWARD THE SOUTH. Sept, reads "from beside the mound": i, e. Ezel, in 1 Samuel 20:19....
The parting between Jonathan and David 35. _at the time appointed_ Better, TO THE PLACE APPOINTED (1 Samuel 20:19). _a little lad_ Who would not suspect the real purpose of Jonathan's shooting: a vi...
This section is the _Haphtarah_for the New Moon when it falls on the first day of the week....
_out of a place toward the south_ Lit. "from the side of the south," i.e. from a hiding-place to the south of the stone Ezel. But the expression is anomalous, and it is best to adopt the Sept. reading...
DAVID AROSE OUT OF A PLACE, &C.— _David, coming from the south, fell on his face._ Houbigant. From the south of the stone Ezel. David fell on his face, in reverence to his friend, as the king's son. _...
_David's and Jonathan's Parting._ 1 Samuel 20:35-42 35 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. 36 And...
_AND AS SOON AS THE LAD WAS GONE, DAVID AROSE OUT OF A PLACE TOWARD THE SOUTH, AND FELL ON HIS FACE TO THE GROUND, AND BOWED HIMSELF THREE TIMES: AND THEY KISSED ONE ANOTHER, AND WEPT ONE WITH ANOTHER...
OUT OF _a place_ TOWARD THE SOUTH] LXX 'from beside the mound.'...
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...
DAVID AROSE OUT OF A PLACE TOWARD THE SOUTH. — If the text be correct here, which is very doubtful, we must understand these words as signifying that as soon as David perceived that Jonathan was alone...
הַ נַּעַר֮ בָּא֒ וְ דָוִ֗ד קָ֚ם מֵ
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...
THE SIGN OF THE ARROW 1 Samuel 20:30 It had become clear that the arrows were against David. It was useless to endeavor to fight against the force of irresistible circumstances. We are to hold our gr...
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] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the (s) south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with...
_Place. Protestants, "out of a place towards," &c. (Haydock) --- Chaldean, "from the side of the rock Asha;" (or Ezel, ver. 19,) though the name is written rather differently in Hebrew. But this was t...
(41) And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with ano...
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] AS SOON AS THE LAD WAS GONE,.... Which David could observe from his lurking place: DAVID AROSE OUT OF [A PLACE] TOWARD THE SOUTH; to the south of the field in which he was hid, or to the south...
1 Samuel 20:41 [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wep...
_And fell on his face to the ground_, &c. After three bows, he fell on his face; out of reverence to Jonathan, as the king's son, and in tenderness to him, as his most generous friend. _They kissed on...
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 as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, for on that side of the rock he had concealed himself, AND FELL ON HIS FACE TO THE GROUND, AND BOWED HIMSELF THREE TIMES,...
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...
35-42 The separation of two such faithful friends was grievous to both, but David's case was the more deplorable, for David was leaving all his comforts, even those of God's sanctuary. Christians need...
1 Samuel 20:41 lad H5288 gone H935 (H8802) David H1732 arose H6965 (H8804) toward H681 south H5045 fell...
JONATHAN BIDS FAREWELL TO DAVID (1 SAMUEL 20:35). Recognising that there was now no alternative open to them Jonathan made his way to his rendezvous with David at the time appointed, taking with him h...
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 Jonathan answered Saul, his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be slain?_ DAVID’S FRIEND, JONATHAN “There is little friendship in the world,” said Lord Bacon. “O friendship,” wrote...
_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 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 25:23; 2 Samuel 1:26; 2