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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 ...
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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...
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SHALL SURELY DIE. the son of death: i.e. doomed to die....
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_he shall surely die_ Lit. "he is a son of death." Cp. 2 Samuel 12:5;
Psalms 102:20; Matthew 23:15; John 17:12....
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This section is the _Haphtarah_for the New Moon when it falls on the
first day of the week....
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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...
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AS LONG AS THE SON OF JESSE LIVETH, &C.— But how did Saul know,
that, as long as the son of Jesse lived, Jonathan _should not be
established, nor his kingdom?_ If it was all jealousy and surmise, his...
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_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...
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_FOR AS LONG AS THE SON OF JESSE LIVETH UPON THE GROUND, THOU SHALT
NOT BE ESTABLISHED, NOR THY KINGDOM. WHEREFORE NOW SEND AND FETCH HIM
UNTO ME, FOR HE SHALL SURELY DIE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE...
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20:31 die. (a-31) Lit. 'he is a child of death.' similarly in ch.
26.16. See Deuteronomy 25:2 ....
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THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN
4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'...
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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...
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THOU SHALT NOT BE ESTABLISHED. — Here the king gives expression to
the thought which was ever torturing that poor diseased brain of his
— David, his own kind physician, his faithful soldier, and his
s...
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כִּ֣י כָל ־הַ יָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֶּן
־יִשַׁי֙
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The son of death. That is, one that deserveth death, and shall surely
be put to death. (Challoner) --- So people are often styled sons of
perdition, of hell, of light, &c., (Calmet) when they are wor...
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(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...
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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...
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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,...
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FOR AS LONG AS THE SON OF JESSE LIVETH UPON THE GROUND, THOU SHALT NOT
BE ESTABLISHED, NOR THY KINGDOM,.... He would not, though heir to the
crown, be sure of it; it would be precarious to him, he wou...
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_Thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom_ Though Samuel had
long before this declared to Saul, in the name of the Lord, that the
kingdom should not continue with him, nor descend to his posteri...
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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...
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For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, as long as
David was alive and was, in the opinion of Saul, making rebellious
attempts to possess the royal throne, THOU SHALT NOT BE ESTABLISHE...
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Jonathan's Information to David...
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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...
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SHALL SURELY DIE:
_ Heb._ is the son of death...
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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...
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Thus he grossly mistakes the cause of Jonathan's loss of the kingdom,
which was not David's art, but Saul's sin; and vainly endeavours to
prevent God's irrevocable sentence....
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1 Samuel 20:31 long H3117 son H1121 Jesse H3448 lives H2425 (H8804)
earth H127 established H3559 (H8735) kingdom
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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_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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 20:31 NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR KINGDOM SHALL
BE ESTABLISHED. Jonathan had already accepted this to be God’s will
(vv. 1 Samuel 20:14). Saul, on
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Samuel 19:11; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 26:16;...