1 Samuel 20:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. ”

1 Samuel 20:17 - 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 20:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And Jonathan caused David to swear again . Septuagint reads "And again Jonathan sware unto David". soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
1 Samuel 20:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonathan made a covenant, &c.— Jonathan, therefore, made a covenant with the house of David, and said, May the Lord grant that the enemies of David may not go unpunished! 1 Samuel 20:17 . M...
1 Samuel 20:17 - 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 20:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Jonathan caused David to swear again. — Throughout this touching interview it is the prince who appears as the suppliant for the outlaw’s ruture kind offices. Jonathan — looking forward with ab...
1 Samuel 20:17 - 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 20:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Friend at Court 1 Samuel 20:17-29 Jonathan most have been strongly tempted to ally himself with his friend, that they might face the world together; but he clung loyally to his father's fortu...
1 Samuel 20:17 - 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 20:17 - 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 20:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘MY FAMILIAR FRIEND’ ‘He loved David as his own soul.’ 1 Samuel 20:17 With a feeling of relief we turn to the main line of thought in the Lesson, David and Jonathan . ‘Jonathan said unto D...
1 Samuel 20:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jonathan caused David to swear again ,.... Or Jonathan added to make David swears u; having sworn himself to make a covenant of friendship with David and his family, he moved and insisted on it,...
1 Samuel 20:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Ver. 17. And Jonathan caused David to swear again, ] i.e., He required the like oath o...
1 Samuel 20:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So Jonathan made a covenant The covenant which before was personal, he now extends to the whole house of David, expecting a reciprocal enlargement of it on David's side, which doubtless he obtained...
1 Samuel 20:17 - 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 20:17 - 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 20:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Heb. And Jonathan added or proceeded to make David swear, i.e. having himself sworn to David, or adjured David, in the foregoing verse, he here requires David's oath to him, by way of restipulatio...
1 Samuel 20:17 - 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 20:17 - 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 20:17 - 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 20:17 - 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 20:17 - 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 20:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conference between David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 20:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:1 ; 1 Samuel 18:3 ; 2 Samuel 1:26 ; Deuteronomy 13:6 ; Proverbs 18:24
1 Samuel 20:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Swear again — Heb. and Jonathan added or proceeded to make David swear; that is, having himself sworn to David or adjured David, in the foregoing verse, he here requires David's oath to him, by way...

1 Samuel 20:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 20:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes