1 Samuel 20:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. ”

1 Samuel 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The new moon, or beginning of each month, was celebrated with especial sacrifices and blowing of trumpets (marginal references.) The feast was kept with great solemnity as “a day of gladness,” and...
1 Samuel 20:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the (c) new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at e...
1 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

should not fail to sit . Septuagint reads "shall not sit". unto the third day at even. Septuagint reads "until the evening". Compare 1 Samuel 20:12 .
1 Samuel 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even....
1 Samuel 20:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To-morrow is the new moon— Every new moon they offered sacrifices, which were accompanied with a solemn feast. Numbers 10:10 ; Numbers 28:11 . David being one of the king's family, by marrying...
1 Samuel 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even....
1 Samuel 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
1 Samuel 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The new moon. — On the religious ceremonies connected with the day of the new moon at the beginning of each month, see the Mosaic enactments in Numbers 10:10 ; Numbers 28:11-15 . At the court of...
1 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David said unto Jonathan ,.... Moved that the following method might be taken as a trial of the disposition of Saul's mind towards David: behold, tomorrow [is] the new moon ; the first day of...
1 Samuel 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even...
1 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The new moon was a solemn and festival time, as among the Romans and other heathens, so also with the Hebrews, who solemnized it with offering peace-offerings to God, and feasting together upon the...
1 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conference between David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:2 ; 1 Samuel 20:19 ; 1 Samuel 20:6 ; 2 Kings 4:23 ; Acts 17:14 ; Colossians 2:16 ; John 8:59 ; Numbers 10:10 ; Numbers 28:11 ; Proverbs 22:3 ; Psalms 55:12 ; Psalms 81:3
1 Samuel 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To the third day — That is, unto the next day, but one after the new moon. His meaning is not, that he would hide himself in any certain place all the three days, but that he would secure himself e...

1 Samuel 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 20:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 20:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 20:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 20:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 20:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes