1 Samuel 20:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. ”

1 Samuel 20:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the (i) LORD hath sent thee away. (i) The Lord is the author of your departure.
1 Samuel 20:22 - 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 20:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
1 Samuel 20:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 20:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. (19) And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and c...
1 Samuel 20:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if I say thus unto the young man, behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee ,.... Being shot to a greater distance than where the young man was: go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee away ; then...
1 Samuel 20:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. Ver. 22. Go thy way. ] Fuge, fuge, cito, citius, citissime, flee, flee,...
1 Samuel 20:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will send a lad , &c. I will send him before I shoot, to find and take up the arrows which I shall shoot: and I shall shoot them either short of him or beyond him, as I shall see occasion. If...
1 Samuel 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Take this for an intimation of God's providence, that thou shouldst keep away from the court.
1 Samuel 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - 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 20:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conference between David and Jonathan

1 Samuel 20:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann