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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:31

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 posterity; yet he seems to have had hopes that he should be able to prevent this declaration from being verified by his policy and taking proper measures.

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See also 1 Samuel 20:31 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

    SHALL SURELY DIE. the son of death: i.e. doomed to die....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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....

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    20:31 die. (a-31) Lit. 'he is a child of death.' similarly in ch. 26.16. See Deuteronomy 25:2 ....

  • 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

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י כָל ־הַ יָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֶּן ־יִשַׁי֙

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 31. _For he shall surel...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHALL SURELY DIE: _ Heb._ is the son of death...

  • 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

    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....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 20:31 long H3117 son H1121 Jesse H3448 lives H2425 (H8804) earth H127 established H3559 (H8735) kingdom

  • 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 20:31 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

  • 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

    1 Samuel 19:11; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 26:16;...

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