Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
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Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
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And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
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And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 20:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 18:11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.
- 1 Samuel 20:7 If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
- 1 Samuel 19:10 Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him…
1Sa 20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
Ver. 33. And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him.] Which, if it had hit him, and killed him, Saul would have had as small joy of it as Alexander when he had killed Clitus in his passion, whom he would have revived, but could not, with his own heart’s blood.
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“ Qui non moderabitur irae, &c. ”
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To smite him, i. e. to wound him, though…
To smite him, i. e. to wound him, though not to smite him even to the wall, as he designed to do to David, 1Sa 19:10.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite…
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him,.... So provoked to wrath was he by what he said. It seems by this that Saul always had a javelin or spear in his hand, which is to be accounted for by the custom of those times; in other countries, as well as in this, the kings used to carry spears in their hands instead of sceptres, and which they used as such; so Justin (h), speaking of the times of Romulus, says, that kings in those times had spears, as an ensign of royalty, which the Greeks call sceptres; and so the Greeks called sceptres spears (i):
whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David; for since he attempted to smite him, his own son, for speaking on his behalf, it might be well concluded, that such was his settled wrath and malice, that he would if possible kill David, could he get him into his hands.
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(h) E Trogo, l. 43. c. 3. (i) Pausanias in Boeoticis, sive, l. 9. p. 859. Vid. Barthii Animadv. ad Claudian in nupt. Honor ver. 119.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To smite him - Saul seemed to be in…
To smite him - Saul seemed to be in great care, that Jonathan should be established in his kingdom: and now he himself aims at his life! What fools, what worse than savage beasts does anger make.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:33-34. Saul cast a javelin to smite him…
1Sa 20:33-34. Saul cast a javelin to smite him — Saul seemed a moment before to be in great care, that Jonathan should be established in his kingdom: and now he himself aims at his life! What fools, what worse than savage beasts, does anger make men! Because — Or, and because, &c., for this seems to be a second cause of his grief; his father had done him shame — That is, had done shame, not to David, but Jonathan, by giving him such rough words, and throwing a javelin at him. It may, however, be understood of his father’s speaking so contemptuously of David.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Saul cast a javelin at him--This is a sad…
Saul cast a javelin at him--This is a sad proof of the maniacal frenzy into which the unhappy monarch was transported.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 33. Jonathan knew that it was determined… to slay…
33. Jonathan knew that it was determined… to slay David — He had before been disposed to attribute his father’s acts of violence towards David to his madness, and the demon that at times possessed him; but now he is convinced that David’s suspicions of his bloody design (1Sa_20:3) are well founded, and he arose from the table in a wild tumult of passions, and the next morning, true to his word, he went forth to bid David fly.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. cast a javelin] Or, as in 1Sa_18:11, lifted…
33. cast a javelin] Or, as in 1Sa_18:11, lifted his spear: brandished it threateningly, without actually casting it.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 20:33 hurled his spear at Jonathan: See also 18:11;…
20:33 hurled his spear at Jonathan: See also 18:11; 19:10. • at last Jonathan realized: Jonathan had been reluctant to believe the truth about his own father (20:2-3), but he could no longer deny it.
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