1 Samuel 20:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. ”

1 Samuel 20:24 - 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 20:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

meat. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.
1 Samuel 20:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
1 Samuel 20:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. The king sat him down to eat meat, х lechem ( H3899 )] - food, bread. The English wor...
1 Samuel 20:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sat him down. — The LXX. paraphrases here, “came to the table.”
1 Samuel 20:24 - 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 20:24 - 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 20:24 - 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 20:24 - 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 20:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So David hid himself in the field ,.... Not directly, but at the time appointed; for he went to Bethlehem, and returned from thence before that time: and when the new moon was come ; the first cla...
1 Samuel 20:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. Ver. 24. The king sat him down to eat meat. ] At the feast of the new moon, which Saul, as bad...
1 Samuel 20:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David hid himself in the field Namely, at the time appointed: for it seems probable that he went first to Beth-lehem, and thence returned to the field, when the occasion required. Jonathan arose...
1 Samuel 20:24 - 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 20:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonathan Excuses David to Saul. B. C. 1058. 24 So David hid himself in the field: and...
1 Samuel 20:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

David hid himself, to wit, at the time appointed; for it seems probable that he went first to Bethlehem, as he bade Jonathan tell his father, 1 Samuel 20:6 , and thence returned to the field, wh...
1 Samuel 20:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonathan And Saul Fall Out Over David At The New Moon Festival (20:24b-34). Every ‘day of the new moon', which indicated the commencement of another ‘month', and thus regulated the seasons and the...
1 Samuel 20:24 - 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 20:24 - 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 20:24 - 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 20:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION OPEN HATRED OF SAUL AGAINST DAVID ( 1 Samuel 20:24-9 ). 1 Samuel 20:24-9 The king sat him down to eat meat. Hebrew, "the king sat down at the bread to eat." On sit...
1 Samuel 20:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So David hid himself in the field; and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat, at the head of the table, the place of honor.
1 Samuel 20:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:11-15 ; John 18:28 ; Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 17:1 ; Proverbs 21:27 ; Proverbs 21:3 ; Proverbs 4:17 ; Psalms 50:16-21 ; Zechariah 7:6
1 Samuel 20:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hid himself — Namely, at the time appointed: for it seems probable, that he went first to Bethlehem, and thence returned to the field, when the occasion required.

1 Samuel 20:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 20:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes