1 Samuel 20:27
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month,.... The Targum is,"and it was on the day after it, which was the intercalation of the second month;''when the beginning of the…
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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