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1 Samuel 20:25 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 20 · verse 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.1 Samuel 20:25 · King James Version
1 Samuel 20:25 in context
23And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
25And 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.
26Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
27And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JonathanYᵉhôwnâthânJehonathan, the name of four IsraelitesH3083 →
- Saul'sShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- timespaʻama stroke, literally or figurativelyH6471 →
- aroseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- AbnerʼAbnêrAbner, an IsraeliteH74 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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Jonathan is here effectually convinced of that which he was so loth to believe, that his father had an implacable enmity to David, and would certainly be the death of him if it were in his power; and he had like to have paid very dearly himself for the conviction. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-34