1 Samuel 22:8
in 1 Samuel 22Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
KJV
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
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This verse in 1 Samuel 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThere is none that showeth me - He conjectured that Jonathan had made a league with David to dethrone him, and he accuses them of disloyalty for not making the discovery of this unnatural treason. Now it was impossible for any of them to show what did not exist, no such league having ever been made between David and Jonathan.
This site's exposition
having his spear in his hand
on 1 Samuel 22:6-8
Saul sits under a tree in Gibeah with his spear in hand, the mark by which his servants know where the king has made camp. He appeals to his own tribe by name, asking whether the son of Jesse will give them fields and vineyards as he has, and accuses the whole court of conspiring against him though no such league was ever made. Henry calls the charge doubly false, since whatever covenant stood between David and Jonathan carried Saul no harm at all.
This site's exposition
my son has stirred up my own servant
Saul names Jonathan as the one who stirred David up, and Clarke reads the charge as a guess that his son meant to dethrone him. The covenant Saul resents is the one sworn at 18:3 and renewed with the house of David at 20:16. Saul repeats the charge to Ahimelech at verse 13.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
That his son Jonathan stirred him up to do so, and was confederate with him in compassing and imagining the death of the king. This also was notoriously false. A league of friendship there was between David and Jonathan, but no conspiracy in any evil thing; none of the articles of their covenant carried any mischief to Saul.
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The words behind it
29 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קְשַׁרְתֶּ֨ם | keshartem | you have conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| כֻּלְּכֶ֜ם | kulekhem | all of you | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָלַ֗י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְאֵין־ | veein- | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| גֹּלֶ֤ה | goleh | [is one who] opens | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָזְנִי֙ | ʾazeni | ear my | H241 → | 187 times |
| בִּכְרָת־ | bikhrot- | when made | H3772 → | 288 times |
| בְּנִ֣י | beni | son my | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשַׁ֔י | yishai | Jesse | H3448 → | 42 times |
| וְאֵין־ | veein- | and not | H369 → | 789 times |
| חֹלֶ֥ה | choleh | [was] feeling pain | H2470 → | 76 times |
| מִכֶּ֛ם | mikem | any of <the> you | ||
| עָלַ֖י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְגֹלֶ֣ה | vegoleh | and opening | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָזְנִ֑י | ʾazeni | ear my | H241 → | 187 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הֵקִים֩ | hekim | he has raised up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| בְּנִ֨י | beni | son my | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַבְדִּ֥י | ʾavdi | servant my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| עָלַ֛י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְאֹרֵ֖ב | leorev | to an ambusher | H693 → | 41 times |
| כַּיּ֥וֹם | kaiyom | as the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ ס | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
כִּי֩for
kiH3588 →4482 times
קְשַׁרְתֶּ֨םyou have conspired
keshartemH7194 →44 times
כֻּלְּכֶ֜םall of you
kulekhemH3605 →5413 times
עָלַ֗יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
וְאֵין־and there not
veein-H369 →789 times
גֹּלֶ֤ה[is one who] opens
golehH1540 →186 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָזְנִי֙ear my
ʾazeniH241 →187 times
בִּכְרָת־when made
bikhrot-H3772 →288 times
בְּנִ֣יson my
beniH1121 →4930 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יִשַׁ֔יJesse
yishaiH3448 →42 times
וְאֵין־and not
veein-H369 →789 times
חֹלֶ֥ה[was] feeling pain
cholehH2470 →76 times
מִכֶּ֛םany of <the> you
mikem
עָלַ֖יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
וְגֹלֶ֣הand opening
vegolehH1540 →186 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָזְנִ֑יear my
ʾazeniH241 →187 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
הֵקִים֩he has raised up
hekimH6965 →628 times
בְּנִ֨יson my
beniH1121 →4930 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַבְדִּ֥יservant my
ʾavdiH5650 →799 times
עָלַ֛יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
לְאֹרֵ֖בto an ambusher
leorevH693 →41 times
כַּיּ֥וֹםas the day
kaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ ס<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Job 33:16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
it leads to
- Job 36:10
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
- Job 36:15
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
- Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Isaiah 50:5
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
- Job 36:10
Through
1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 23:18
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 1:17
“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
- 1 Samuel 23:18
Through
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between…
- 1 Samuel 20:8–17
Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me…
- 1 Samuel 20:42
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.