And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my (n) brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
(n) Meaning, all his kinsfolk.
Verse 1 Samuel 20:29. _OUR FAMILY HATH A SACRIFICE_] Such sacrifices were undoubtedly _festal_ ones; the beasts slain for the occasion were first _offered to God_, and _their blood poured out before h...
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...
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...
This section is the _Haphtarah_for the New Moon when it falls on the first day of the week....
_my brother_ The eldest brother probably made the arrangements in Jesse's old age. The Sept. reads "my brothers....
_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 JONATHAN ANSWERED SAUL, DAVID EARNESTLY ASKED LEAVE OF ME TO GO TO BETHLEHEM:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
OUR FAMILY HATH A SACRIFICE IN THE CITY; AND MY BROTHER, HE HATH COMMANDED ME. — Jonathan answers the king’s question in the way previously agreed upon between him and David. He quotes the excuse in D...
וַ יֹּ֡אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֣נִי נָ֡א כִּ֣י זֶבַח֩ מִ
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...
_Sacrifice. Hebrew, "my family hath a sacrifice," &c., ver. 5. (Haydock)_...
(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 HE SAID, LET ME GO, I PRAY THEE, FOR OUR FAMILY HATH A SACRIFICE IN THE CITY,.... In the city of Bethlehem where they lived, a peace offering on account of the new moon, and as an anniversary than...
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I...
_My brother, he hath commanded me to be there_ The eldest brother, it seems, was wont to let all the rest know that their company was expected. _Thou son of the perverse, rebellious woman_ Or rather,...
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 he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, the oldest brother, as the head of the family, HE HATH COMMANDED ME TO BE THERE; AND NOW, IF I HAVE FO...
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...
HE HATH COMMANDED ME TO BE THERE; either in his father's name, or in the right of the first-born; one branch of which was authority over his brethren in all the concerns of the family; whereof this wa...
1 Samuel 20:29 said H559 (H8799) go H7971 (H8761) family H4940 sacrifice H2077 city H5892 brother H251 com
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 20:29 MY BROTHER presumably refers to David’s eldest brother, Eliab (1 Samuel 17:28). It reflects a system of family leadership passing to t
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 17:28...