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1 Samuel 20:35

in 1 Samuel 20

In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

KJV

And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 20

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David

on 1 Samuel 20:35-38

The plan reaches its appointed hour, with a small boy present who knows nothing of what the arrows mean. Jonathan shoots beyond him, the signal agreed at verse 22, then cries out for haste, words the boy hears about arrows and David hears about his life. Every word Jonathan speaks here is aimed past the boy at David hiding within earshot.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

And when the morning dawned, Jonathan came into the field, etc. When, after the teaching and glorious operation, even the exhibition of virtues began to rise like the third day of the Kalends in the Church, the harmonious society of spiritual teachers came, having left …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

6 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 sacrifice there for all the family. 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

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The words behind it

10 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.

  • וַיְהִ֣יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בַבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning

    vabokerH1242 →214 times

  • וַיֵּצֵ֧אand he went out

    vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןJonathan

    yehonatanH3083 →81 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • לְמוֹעֵ֣דto [the] appointed time of

    lemoedH4150 →223 times

  • דָּוִ֑דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וְנַ֥עַרand a lad

    venaarH5288 →239 times

  • קָטֹ֖ןsmall

    katonH6996 →101 times

  • עִמּֽוֹ׃[was] with him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

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

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

4 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

    1 Samuel 20:19

    When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 19:2

      so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

    • 1 Samuel 20:5

      So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 20:5

    So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 13:8

      And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

    • 2 Samuel 19:13

      And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

David and Jonathan — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David and Jonathan — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Samuel: the study guide →Read 1 Samuel 20 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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