1 Samuel 20:1
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah._ App-44. sin. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. MY LIFE. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. "Me" emphatic.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah._ App-44. sin. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. MY LIFE. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. "Me" emphatic.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THY SOUL. thou. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. STEP. stride. Hebrew. _pesa `. O_ cc. only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOULD NOT FAIL TO SIT. Septuagint reads "shall not sit". unto the third day at even. Septuagint reads "until the evening". Compare 1 Samuel 20:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. Syriac reads "Jehovah, God of Israel, [be] witness that. will sound", &c. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FACE OF. Figure of speech _Pleonasm.App-6._... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. solemnised.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JONATHAN CAUSED DAVID TO SWEAR AGAIN. Septuagint reads "And again Jonathan sware unto David". soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE BUSINESS WAS IN HAND: i.e. the day when Jonathan arranged for David to overhear Saul's murderous intention (1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 19:3), and when Jonathan devoted himself to the business of David's safety. STONE EZEL. Septuagint reads "the side of this mound".... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT ANY THING: i.e. "nothing [concerning David's absence] that day ".... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SON OF THE PERVERSE REBELLIOUS WOMAN. a son of rebellious perversity: i.e.. rebel like David. Compare note on 1 Samuel 18:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL SURELY DIE. the son of death: i.e. doomed to die.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARTILLERY. weapons. Word extended from Latin. _ars_. art. The oldest art was ploughing, but the chief weapon in the art of war has usurped to itself this word.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. PLACE TOWARD THE SOUTH. Sept, reads "from beside the mound": i, e. Ezel, in 1 Samuel 20:19.... [ Continue Reading ]