1 Samuel 20:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. ”

1 Samuel 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
1 Samuel 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto him God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold my father will do nothing either great or And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing ei...
1 Samuel 20:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Friendship's Covenant 1 Samuel 20:1-16 Life becomes intolerable when suspense is long drawn out; hence David's appeal to his friend. Besides, he yearned for one more glimpse of the dear home at...
1 Samuel 20:4 - 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 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Jonathan unto David ,.... Now giving credit to what he had said, and in order to comfort and support him under the apprehensions he had of danger: whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will ev...
1 Samuel 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee. Ver. 4. Whatsoever thy soul desireth. ] True love is easily persuadable to anything possible and lawful....
1 Samuel 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whatsoever thou desirest He does not say, that shall be lawful and honest; for he knew David too well to think he would ask anything that was otherwise. I will do it for thee This is true frien...
1 Samuel 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Consults Jonathan. B. C. 1058. 1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and...
1 Samuel 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, for the discovery of the truth, and for the preservation of thy life.
1 Samuel 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Seeks Out Jonathan ( 1 Samuel 20:1-9 ). While Saul was rendered incapable of doing anything by the working of God's Spirit on him, David was able to flee from Naioth, and his first action wa...
1 Samuel 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conference between David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 34:3 ; John 14:13

1 Samuel 20:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge