1 Samuel 20:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Son of Jesse — So he calls him in scorn, to note the meanness of his original; and as not deigning to call him by his proper name. To day — For the uncleanness which came by some chance, usually lasted but for one day.

1 Samuel 20:27

27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?