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Verse 1 Samuel 20:25. _THE KING SAT UPON HIS SEAT_] It seems that
there was one table for Saul, Jonathan, David, and Abner; Saul having
the chief seat, that _next to the wall_. As only _four_ sat at t...
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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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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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_upon a seat by the wall_ Saul occupied the place of honour at the top
or the centre of the table opposite the entrance.
_and Jonathan arose_ This appears to mean that Jonathan first occupied
his usua...
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AND THE KING SAT UPON HIS SEAT— The Hebrews, as well as the
Egyptians, the ancient Greeks, and the first people of Italy, sat at
table. See Genesis 37:25; Genesis 43:33.Proverbs 23:1. It appears
howev...
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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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_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._
The king sat upon his seat, as at oth...
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JONATHAN AROSE, AND ABNER SAT] Jonathan gave up his rightful place and
Abner took it....
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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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DAVID’S PLACE WAS EMPTY. — All took place as the two friends had
calculated. Saul’s seat was by the wall — then, as now, in the
East the highest place of honour was opposite the door. The exact
meanin...
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וַ יֵּ֣שֶׁב הַ֠ מֶּלֶךְ עַל
־מֹ֨ושָׁבֹ֜ו כְּ
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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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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...
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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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_Arose, out of respect. Septuagint, "he had the precedence over
Jonathan" alone, as the latter sat "on the king's right hand, and
Abner on the left," Arabic. (Calmet) --- David's place was after
Abner...
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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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AND THE KING SAT UPON HIS SEAT AS AT OTHER TIMES,.... Upon the seat he
usually sat on:
[EVEN] UPON A SEAT BY THE WALL; on a couch by the side of the wall;
or, as Jarchi and R. Isaiah say, at the head...
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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.
Ver. 25. _And Jonathan arose,_] viz.,...
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_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...
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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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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. It seems that Jonathan arose from his pl...
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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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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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JONATHAN AROSE, to wit, from his seat where he was sat next to the
king, whence he arose, and stood up at Abner's coming, to do honour to
him, who was his father's cousin, and the general of the army....
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1 Samuel 20:25 king H4428 sat H3427 (H8799) seat H4186 times H6471
seat H4186 wall H7023 Jonathan H3083 arose...
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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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_David’s place warn empty._
THE EMPTY PLACE
“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 e...
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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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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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Arose — He rose from his seat where he was sat next the king, and
stood at Abner's coming, to do honour to him, who was his father's
cousin, and the general of the army....