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1 Samuel 19:7

in 1 Samuel 19

So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.

KJV

And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

This verse in 1 Samuel 19

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As he was still susceptible of good and honest impressions, he bound himself by an oath to relinquish his hostile purpose; and thus, through the intervention of the noble-minded prince, a temporary reconciliation was effected, in consequence of which David was again employed in the public service.

This site's exposition

Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath

on 1 Samuel 19:6-7

Saul swears, "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death," and David returns to serve him "as he had before" at court. The oath is sworn on God’s life, and the narrator does not soften what happens to it within this chapter. Wesley, following Henry, reads the moment as God turning Saul’s heart through Jonathan for this hour, a mercy as short as Saul’s memory.

This site's exposition

to serve him as he had before

Jonathan acts as go-between for both men, carrying Saul's oath to David and bringing David back into Saul's presence. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown call the result a temporary reconciliation. It lasts only until the next Philistine war.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

And Jonathan brought David to Saul, etc. Jonathan speaks well of David to Saul, and is heard, as the apostles preaching about Christ catechize the Jews, gaining their faith. He introduces the same one when, baptizing them, they refresh them with the flesh and blood …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Jonathan called David,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Though Saul had requited him evil for good, and even his usefulness was the very thing for which Saul envied him, yet he did not therefore retire in sullenness and decline public service. Those that are ill paid for doing good, yet must not be weary of well doing, remembering what a bountiful benefactor our heavenly Father is, even to the froward and unthankful.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He was in his presence, as in times past - By Jonathan’s advice he had secreted himself on that day on which he was to have been assassinated: the king having sworn that he should not be slain, David resumes his place in the palace of Saul.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he called

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • יְהוֹנָתָן֙Jonathan

    yehonatanH3083 →81 times

  • לְדָוִ֔דto David

    ledavidH1732 →999 times

  • וַיַּגֶּד־and he told

    vaiyaged-H5046 →370 times

  • לוֹ֙to <the> him

    lo

  • יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןJonathan

    yehonatanH3083 →81 times

  • אֵ֥ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַדְּבָרִ֖יםthe words

    hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • וַיָּבֵ֨אand he brought

    vaiyave'H935 →2568 times

  • יְהוֹנָתָ֤ןJonathan

    yehonatanH3083 →81 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דָּוִד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • שָׁא֔וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וַיְהִ֥יand he was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • לְפָנָ֖יו<to> before him

    lefanavH6440 →2123 times

  • כְּאֶתְמ֥וֹלas yesterday

    keetmolH865 →8 times

  • שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ סthree days ago

    shilshomH8032 →24 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 30:33

    For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:10

      He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

    • Genesis 19:24

      Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

    • Jeremiah 19:6

      So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

    • 1 Peter 1:8

      Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

  • Through

    1 Samuel 16:21

    When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 41:46

      Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

    • Proverbs 22:29

      Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 18:10

    The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

    it leads to

    • 2 Thessalonians 2:11

      For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

  • Through

    1 Samuel 18:13

    Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 5:2

      Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel,…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.