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1 Samuel 20:1 open_in_new
iniquity. Hebrew. avah. App-44. sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
my life. my soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. "Me" emphatic.
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1 Samuel 20:2 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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1 Samuel 20:3 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
thy soul. thou. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
step. stride. Hebrew. pesa `. O cc. only here.
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1 Samuel 20:5 open_in_new
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.
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1 Samuel 20:7 open_in_new
evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
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1 Samuel 20:12 open_in_new
O LORD God of Israel. Syriac reads "Jehovah, God of Israel, [be] witness that. will sound", &c.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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1 Samuel 20:13 open_in_new
as. according as.
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1 Samuel 20:15 open_in_new
the face of. Figure of speech Pleonasm.App-6.
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1 Samuel 20:16 open_in_new
made. solemnised.
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1 Samuel 20:17 open_in_new
And Jonathan caused David to swear again. Septuagint reads "And again Jonathan sware unto David". soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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1 Samuel 20:19 open_in_new
when the business was in hand: i.e. the day when Jonathan arranged for David to overhear Saul's murderous intention (1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 19:3), and when Jonathan devoted himself to the business of David's safety.
stone Ezel. Septuagint reads "the side of this mound".
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1 Samuel 20:24 open_in_new
meat. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.
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1 Samuel 20:26 open_in_new
not any thing: i.e. "nothing [concerning David's absence] that day ".
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1 Samuel 20:30 open_in_new
Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman. a son of rebellious perversity: i.e.. rebel like David. Compare note on 1 Samuel 18:19.
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1 Samuel 20:31 open_in_new
shall surely die. the son of death: i.e. doomed to die.
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1 Samuel 20:40 open_in_new
artillery. weapons. Word extended from Latin. ars. art. The oldest art was ploughing, but the chief weapon in the art of war has usurped to itself this word.
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1 Samuel 20:41 open_in_new
out of. place toward the south. Sept, reads "from beside the mound": i, e. Ezel, in 1 Samuel 20:19.