1 Samuel 20:16

1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 31:2; 2 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Samuel 4:8; Genesis 15:18

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 20:16

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made . solemnised.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying , Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonathan made a covenant, &c.— Jonathan, therefore, made a covenant with the house of David, and said, May the Lord grant that the enemies of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Friendship of David and Jonathan 4. Thy soul] a pathetic periphrasis for 'thou.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

At the hand of David's enemies ] David's enemies are a euphemism for David himself. Jonathan shrinks from invoking retribution on his friend or sugg...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So Jonathan made a covenant. — It is not necessary to supply (as in the English Version) “saying,” but it is better to understand this verse as a r...
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

So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David ,.... Not with David himself only, which was now renewed, but with his family also: [saying]...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying], Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies. Ver. 16. Let the Lo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So Jonathan made a covenant The covenant which before was personal, he now extends to the whole house of David, expecting a reciprocal enlargement...
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....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The covenant which before was personal, he now extends to the whole house of David, expecting a reciprocal enlargement of it on David's side, which d...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonathan Explains His Plan For Letting David Know What The Situation Is, And Renews Their Firm Covenant ( 1 Samuel 20:10-24 a). In response to Da...
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

JONATHAN ENDEAVOURS TO RECONCILE SAUL TO DAVID ( 1 Samuel 20:1-9 .). EXPOSITION JONATHAN 'S COVENANT WITH DAVID RENEWED...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's enemies, namely, by punishing all th...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A covenant — The covenant which before was personal, he now extends to the whole house of David, expecting a reciprocal enlargement of it on David'...

¹⁶ So Jonathan madee a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 20:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 20:16