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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26

He is not clean - The new moon being a religious feast, and the meat to be eaten being peace-offerings, no one could assist at the feast who had any ceremonial uncleanness upon him (marginal references).

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See also 1 Samuel 20:26 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

    NOT ANY THING: i.e. "nothing [concerning David's absence] that day "....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This section is the _Haphtarah_for the New Moon when it falls on the first day of the week....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he is not clean_ Persons who were ceremonially unclean were peremptorily excluded from participating in a religious festival. See Lev 7:20-21; 1 Samuel 16:5....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE IS NOT CLEAN; SURELY HE IS NOT CLEAN— See Leviticus 15:16. Houbigant renders this; _because, possibly, being unclean, he hath not purified himself:_ following the LXX. The other versions vary great...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NEVERTHELESS SAUL SPAKE NOT ANY THING THAT DAY: FOR HE THOUGHT, SOMETHING HATH BEFALLEN HIM, HE IS NOT CLEAN; SURELY HE IS NOT CLEAN._ He is not clean. No notice was taken of David's absence, as he...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE _is_ NOT CLEAN] i.e. some ceremonial defilement has happened to him which prevents him from sharing in the festival: cp. John 18:28....

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹֽא ־דִבֶּ֥ר שָׁא֛וּל מְא֖וּמָה בַּ †...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not (k) clean; surely he [is] not clean. (k) Yet he might have some business to let him....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Purified, having perhaps touched some dead body, &c., Leviticus xi. 24._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    NEVERTHELESS, SAUL SPAKE NOT ANYTHING THAT DAY,.... About David's absence, took no notice of it, said nothing about it: FOR HE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD BEFALLEN HIM; some impurity, some nocturnal pollut...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean. Ver. 26. _Something hath befallen him._] _Casus est,_ it is s...

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

    _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...

  • 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

    Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day, made no remark concerning the peculiar absence of David; FOR HE THOUGHT, SOMETHING HATH BEFALLEN HIM, HE IS NOT CLEAN; SURELY HE IS NOT CLEAN, that is, L...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jonathan's Information to David...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SOMETHING HATH BEFALLEN; some accident which hath rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of these peace-offerings, according to the law,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 20:26 Saul H7586 say H1696 (H8765) anything H3972 day H3117 thought H559 (H8804) happened H4745

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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 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...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 20:26 Because the feast involved sacrifices, one had to be CLEAN to participate (on the terms “clean” and “unclean,” see Introduction to Leviticus, Problems in Understanding...

  • 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

    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

  • 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

    Leviticus 11:24; Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:31; Leviticus 11:40;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Something — Some accident which has rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of the peace — offerings, according to the law, Leviticus 7:2...

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