1 Samuel 20:22
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
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Gill's Exposition
But if I say thus unto the young man, behold, the arrows are beyond thee,.... Being shot to a greater distance than where the young man was:
go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee away; then he was…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the young man The stripling, as in 1Sa 17:56.
the Lord hath sent thee away Bids thee depart. Jonathan is prepared to recognise the Divine Will in the banishment of David from Saul's court. God had…