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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 20:17

Swear again — Heb. and Jonathan added or proceeded to make David swear; that is, having himself sworn to David or adjured David, in the foregoing verse, he here requires David's oath to him, by way of restipulation or confirmation. Loved him — Because he had a true friendship for David, he desired that the covenant might be inviolably observed through all their generations.

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See also 1 Samuel 20:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND JONATHAN CAUSED DAVID TO SWEAR AGAIN. Septuagint reads "And again Jonathan sware unto David". soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _caused David to swear again, because_, &c. Jonathan exacted another oath beside that implied in 1 Samuel 20:16, because the intensity of his love impelled him to bind David by the strongest possible...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    David and Jonathan renew their covenant 11. _into the field_ To escape observation they leave the city, in which the conversation has been held hitherto....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    JONATHAN MADE A COVENANT, &C.— _Jonathan, therefore, made a covenant with the house of David, and said, May the Lord grant that the enemies of David may not go unpunished!_ 1 Samuel 20:17. _Moreover,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Jonathan's Plan: 1 Samuel 20:11-23 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JONATHAN SAID UNTO DAVID, O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, WHEN I HAVE SOUNDED MY FATHER ABOUT TO MORROW ANY TIME, OR THE THIRD DAY, AND, BEHOLD, IF THERE BE GOOD TOWARD DAVID, AND I THEN SEND NOT UNTO THEE...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND JONATHAN CAUSED DAVID TO SWEAR AGAIN. — Throughout this touching interview it is the prince who appears as the suppliant for the outlaw’s ruture kind offices. Jonathan — looking forward with absol...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤וסֶף יְהֹֽונָתָן֙ לְ הַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אֶת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘MY FAMILIAR FRIEND’_ ‘He loved David as his own soul.’ 1 Samuel 20:17 With a feeling of relief we turn to the main line of thought in the Lesson, _ David and Jonathan_. ‘Jonathan said unto David,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JONATHAN CAUSED DAVID TO SWEAR AGAIN,.... Or Jonathan added to make David swears u; having sworn himself to make a covenant of friendship with David and his family, he moved and insisted on it, th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Ver. 17. _And Jonathan caused David to swear again,_] _i.e., _ He required the like oath of...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So Jonathan made a covenant_ The covenant which before was personal, he now extends to the whole house of David, expecting a reciprocal enlargement of it on David's side, which doubtless he obtained....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jonathan caused David to swear again, adjuring David to fulfill this last request, BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM, making his love toward David the ground of his request; FOR HE LOVED HIM AS HE LOVED HIS OW...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONFERENCE BETWEEN DAVID AND JONATHAN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM: Or, by his love towards him...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-23 Jonathan faithfully promises that he would let David know how he found his father affected towards him. It will be kindness to ourselves and to ours, to secure an interest in those whom God fav...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Heb. _And Jonathan added or proceeded to make David swear, _ i.e. having himself sworn to David, or adjured David, in the foregoing verse, he here requires David's oath to him, by way of restipulation...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 20:17 Jonathan H3083 again H3254 (H8686) David H1732 vow H7650 (H8687) loved H160 loved H157 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Jonathan caused David to swear again because he loved him._ LOVE PLIGHTING TROTH I. Now, first, great love desires to bind itself to the beloved one. And, first of all, remember that Jesus boun...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    JONATHAN ENDEAVOURS TO RECONCILE SAUL TO DAVID (1 Samuel 20:1.). EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S COVENANT WITH DAVID RENEWED ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 1:26; Deuteronomy 13:6;...

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