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Verse 1 Samuel 20:3. _THERE IS BUT A STEP BETWEEN ME AND DEATH._] My
life is in the most imminent danger. Your father has, most assuredly,
determined to destroy me.
The same figure used here, _there...
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AND DAVID SWARE MOREOVER - Rather, “yet again.” He met
Jonathan’s denial by repeating his statement and confirming it with
an oath....
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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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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
THY SOUL. thou. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
STEP. stride. Hebrew. _pesa `. O_ cc. only here....
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_And David sware moreover_ Added an oath to the assertion in 1 Samuel
20:1. The Sept. however reads simply, "And David answered Jonathan and
said."
_Thy father certainly knoweth_, &c. Jonathan's conf...
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DISCOURSE: 304
DAVID’S FEAR OF SAUL
1 Samuel 20:3. _Truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
there is but a step between me and death_.
IT is justly said, that “oppression maketh a wise man...
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David's Farewell to Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:1-42.
_David's Appeal to Jonathan._ 1 Samuel 20:1-10
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before
Jonathan, What have I done? what _is_ min...
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_AND HE SAID UNTO HIM GOD FORBID; THOU SHALT NOT DIE: BEHOLD MY FATHER
WILL DO NOTHING EITHER GREAT OR_ _ AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, GOD FORBID;
THOU SHALT NOT DIE: BEHOLD, MY FATHER WILL DO NOTHING EITHER...
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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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THY FATHER CERTAINLY KNOWETH THAT I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THINE EYES.
— David urges that his fall, and even his death, had been decided
upon by Saul, who, knowing how Jonathan loved him, would shrink fr...
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וַ יִּשָּׁבַ֨ע עֹ֜וד דָּוִ֗ד וַ
יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יָד
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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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FRIENDSHIP'S COVENANT
1 Samuel 20:1
Life becomes intolerable when suspense is long drawn out; hence
David's appeal to his friend. Besides, he yearned for one more glimpse
of the dear home at Bethlehe...
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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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_As I may say, is not in Hebrew. Septuagint, "the space between me and
thy father is filled up, unto death." We can never more have any
union, nor dwell together in safety. (Haydock)_...
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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 DAVID SWARE MOREOVER, AND SAID,.... To assure Jonathan of the
truth of it, that he did most certainly seek after his life, of which,
as he had no doubt himself, by an oath he endeavoured to remove...
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And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that
I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know
this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, an...
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_David sware moreover_ The matter being of great moment, and Jonathan
doubting the truth of it, he confirms his word with an oath, which
follows in the end of the verse. Only he interposeth a reason w...
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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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CONFERENCE BETWEEN DAVID AND JONATHAN...
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And David, whose experience with Saul had taught him to estimate the
true state of affairs more correctly, SWARE MOREOVER, in addition to
what he had said to Jonathan, AND SAID, THY FATHER CERTAINLY K...
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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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1-10 The trials David met with, prepared him for future advancement.
Thus the Lord deals with those whom he prepares unto glory. He does
not put them into immediate possession of the kingdom, but lea...
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The matter being of great moment, and Jonathan doubting the truth of
it, David confirms his word with an oath, which follows in the end of
the verse; only he interposeth a reason why Saul concealed it...
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1 Samuel 20:3 David H1732 oath H7650 (H8735) said H559 (H8799) father
H1 certainly H3045 (H8800) knows...
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DAVID SEEKS OUT JONATHAN (1 SAMUEL 20:1).
While Saul was rendered incapable of doing anything by the working of
God's Spirit on him, David was able to flee from Naioth, and his first
action was to tak...
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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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_There is but a step between me and death._
SOLEMN NEWS
Notice the views and feelings that will naturally possess a man who
believes “there is but a step between him and death,” or that his
end is n...
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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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JONATHAN ENDEAVOURS TO RECONCILE SAUL TO DAVID (1 Samuel 20:1.).
EXPOSITION
JONATHAN'S COVENANT WITH DAVID RENEWED ...
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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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1 Corinthians 15:30; 1 Corinthians 15:31; 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel
17:55;...
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David sware — The matter being of great moment, and Jonathan
doubting the truth of it, he confirms his word with an oath, which
follows in the end of the verse. Only he interposeth a reason why Saul
c...