1 Samuel 20:9

Far be it from thee; I abhor the thoughts of either killing thee myself, or giving thee up to my father to slay thee.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were (e) determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell i...
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 N...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrific...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Far be it from thee. — Vulg., absit hoc a te. This strong expression bears emphatic testimony to Jonathan’s implicit belief in his loved friend’s...
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...
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, h...
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 D...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) В¶ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tel...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jonathan said, far be it from thee ,.... To entertain such a thought of me, or to have the least suspicion of me, that I should conceal my fathe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonathan said, Far be it from thee Or, rather, Far be this away; for Jonathan is speaking of himself in this thing. Then said David, Who shall t...
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 po...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonathan's Covenant with David. B. C. 1058....
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...
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 coul...
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...
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 remar...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conference between David and Jonathan
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee, there was no sin for which David was bound to atone by death; for if I knew certainly that evil were determi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:2 ; 1 Samuel 20:38 ; 1 Samuel 20:42

⁹ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 20:9

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:9