1 Samuel 20:37

To the place, i.e. near to the place. Or, and the lad went, or was going on to the place; for the words following show the he was not yet come thither. The Hebrew verb bo, which properly signifies to come, sometimes signifies to go; as here, and Ruth 3:7 Jonah 1:3.

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1 Samuel 20:37
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To — That is, near the place. For the words following shew, that he was not yet come thither.

³⁷ And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 20:37