1 Samuel 20:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. ”

1 Samuel 20:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He is not clean - The new moon being a religious feast, and the meat to be eaten being peace-offerings, no one could assist at the feast who had any ceremonial uncleanness upon him (marginal refe...
1 Samuel 20:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not (k) clean; surely he [is] not clean. (k) Yet he might have some business to let him.
1 Samuel 20:26 - 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 20:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not any thing : i.e. "nothing [concerning David's absence] that day ".
1 Samuel 20:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
1 Samuel 20:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He is not clean; surely he is not clean— See Leviticus 15:16 . Houbigant renders this; because, possibly, being unclean, he hath not purified himself: following the LXX. The other versions vary...
1 Samuel 20:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. He is not clean. No notice was taken of David's absence,...
1 Samuel 20:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(25) And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. (26) Nevertheless Saul spake not a...
1 Samuel 20:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless, Saul spake not anything that day ,.... About David's absence, took no notice of it, said nothing about it: for he thought something had befallen him ; some impurity, some nocturnal p...
1 Samuel 20:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean. Ver. 26. Something hath befallen him. ] Casus est, it is...
1 Samuel 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Something hath befallen; some accident which hath rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of these peace-offerings, according to the l...
1 Samuel 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - 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 20:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonathan's Information to David
1 Samuel 20:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 11:24 ; Leviticus 11:27 ; Leviticus 11:31 ; Leviticus 11:40 ; Leviticus 15:16 ; Leviticus 15:17 ; Leviticus 15:19-21 ; Leviticus 15:5 ; Leviticus 7:21 ; Numbers 19:16
1 Samuel 20:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Something — Some accident which has rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of the peace — offerings, according to the law, Leviticus...

1 Samuel 20:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 20:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes