And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
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Gill's Exposition
And when thou hast stayed three days,.... From court, either at Bethlehem, which seems most probable, or in some other place incognito; however, not in the field he proposed to hide himself in, where…
Barnes' Notes
The stone Ezel - It is not mentioned elsewhere, except possibly in 1Sa 20:41, where see the note.
Here, I. Jonathan protests his fidelity to David in his distress. Notwithstanding the strong confidence David had in Jonathan, yet, because he might have some reason to fear that his father's…
Cambridge Bible
when the business was in hand Lit. "on the day of the business," either the incident recorded in 1Sa 19:1-7, or some unknown matter.
the stone Ezel The name "stone of departure" may have been given in…