Bible Commentaries

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 20

Verse 1

iniquity. Hebrew `avah. App-44. sin. Hebrew. chata". App-44.

my life = my soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. "Me" emphatic.


Verse 2

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.


Verse 3

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

thy soul = thou. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

step = stride. Hebrew. pesa `. Occ. only here.


Verse 5

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.


Verse 7

evil. Hebrew. ra"a. App-44.


Verse 12

O LORD God of Israel. Syriac reads "Jehovah, God of Israel, [be] witness that I will sound", &c.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.


Verse 13

as = according as.


Verse 15

the face of. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6.


Verse 16

made = solemnised.


Verse 17

And Jonathan caused David to swear again. Septuagint reads "And again Jonathan sware unto David". soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.


Verse 19

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".


Verse 24

meat. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.


Verse 26

not any thing: i.e. "nothing [concerning David's absence] that day ".


Verse 30

Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman = a son of rebellious perversity: i.e. a rebel like David. Compare note on 1 Samuel 18:19.


Verse 31

shall surely die = the son of death: i.e. doomed to die.


Verse 40

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.


Verse 41

out of a place toward the south. Sept, reads "from beside the mound": i, e. Ezel, in 1 Samuel 20:19.

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