1 Samuel 20:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? ”

1 Samuel 20:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be (p) slain? what hath he done? (p) For it was too great tyranny to put one to death and not to give a reason why.
1 Samuel 20:32 - 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 20:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
1 Samuel 20:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. No JFB commentary on t...
1 Samuel 20:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Jonathan answered. — Jonathan, remembering the effect of his quiet, earnest remonstrance on a previous occasion, again tried to deprecate his father’s unreasoning jealous anger, but this time t...
1 Samuel 20:32 - 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 20:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sign of the Arrow 1 Samuel 20:30-42 It had become clear that the arrows were against David. It was useless to endeavor to fight against the force of irresistible circumstances. We are to ho...
1 Samuel 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jonathan answered Saul his, father, and said unto him ,.... Making no answer to the charges of perverseness, rebellion, and folly brought against himself, which he bore with patience, but could...
1 Samuel 20:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? Ver. 32. Wherefore shall he be slain? ] Good blood will not belie itself. Nicodemus, faint...
1 Samuel 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Samuel 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonathan's Information to David
1 Samuel 20:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:11 ; 1 Samuel 19:10 ; 1 Samuel 19:11 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 20:7 ; Ecclesiastes 7:9 ; Ecclesiastes 9:3 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; John 7:51 ; Luke 23:22 ; Matthew 27:23 ; Proverbs...

1 Samuel 20:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge