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- 1 Samuel
- Chapter 20
- Verse 24
1 Samuel 20:24
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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Gill's Exposition
So David hid himself in the field,.... Not directly, but at the time appointed; for he went to Bethlehem, and returned from thence before that time:
and when the new moon was come; the first clay of…
Jonathan is here effectually convinced of that which he was so loth to believe, that his father had an implacable enmity to David, and would certainly be the death of him if it were in his power; and…
Saul's intention tested by Jonathan
24. meat Lit. bread. "Meat" in the E. V. signifies foodin general, and is nowhere limited to the modem meaning flesh. This usage survives in some provincial…
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