1 Samuel 20:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: ”

1 Samuel 20:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The general meaning is: Jonathan had a presentiment, doubtless from God, that David would be established upon the throne. By God’s mercy he had the comfort, which he well deserved, of knowing that...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, (h) that I die not: (h) I know that if you were given the kingdom now, you would not destroy me, but show yourself friendly...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 conne...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: Show me the kindness of the Lord - When thou comest to the kingdom, if I am alive, thou shalt show kindness...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And thou shalt not only while yet I live— "But thou, if I shall then survive, [i.e. when the Lord is with thee, and thou art made king,] shalt perform towards me the same kindness—which the Lord...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not. — The Hebrew of this and the next verse is again very confused, abrupt, and ungrammatical, but this is evi...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXVII. DAVID AND JONATHAN. 1 Samuel 20:1-42 . WE have no means of determining how long time elapsed between the events recorded in the preceding chapter and those recorded in this. It...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Friendship's Covenant 1 Samuel 20:1-16 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...
1 Samuel 20:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) В¶ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? (10) Then said David to Jonathan, Who s...
1 Samuel 20:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt not only, while yet I live, show me the kindness of the Lord ,.... Such kindness as is well pleasing in the sight of God, and imitate what he shows to men, and which was covenanted, p...
1 Samuel 20:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: Ver. 14. Show me the kindness of the Lord. ] Such as he showeth to his people; and such as they that have...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And thou shalt show me the kindness of the Lord That kindness to which thou hast engaged thyself, in the covenant sworn between thee and me in God's presence. The words in the Hebrew run plainly th...
1 Samuel 20:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 intercedin...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonathan's Covenant with David. B. C. 1058. 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee:...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, And wilt thou not, if I shall then be alive, (to wit, when the Lord shall be with thee, as he hath been with my father , as he now said, i.e. when God shall have advanced thee to the kingdom,...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonathan Explains His Plan For Letting David Know What The Situation Is, And Renews Their Firm Covenant ( 1 Samuel 20:10-24 a). In response to David's request Jonathan now outlined his plan for k...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 t...
1 Samuel 20:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 res...
1 Samuel 20:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 bea...
1 Samuel 20:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

JONATHAN ENDEAVOURS TO RECONCILE SAUL TO DAVID ( 1 Samuel 20:1-9 .). EXPOSITION JONATHAN 'S COVENANT WITH DAVID RENEWED ( 1 Samuel 20:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 20:1 David fl...
1 Samuel 20:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conference between David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 20:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 9:3 ; Ephesians 5:1 ; Ephesians 5:2
1 Samuel 20:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Kindness as the Lord — That kindness to which thou hast engaged thyself, in the covenant sworn between thee and me in God's presence. I die not — That thou do not kill me or mine, as princes of ano...

1 Samuel 20:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes