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1 Samuel 20:28 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 20 · verse 28
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:1 Samuel 20:28 · King James Version
1 Samuel 20:28 in context
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?
28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
29And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.
30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- earnestlyshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- BethlehemBêyth LechemBeth-Lechem, a place in PalestineH1035 →
- JonathanYᵉhôwnâthânJehonathan, the name of four IsraelitesH3083 →
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
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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