1 Samuel 20:33
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him,.... So provoked to wrath was he by what he said. It seems by this that Saul always had a javelin or spear in his hand, which is to be accounted for by 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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
cast a javelin Or, as in 1Sa 18:11, lifted his spear: brandished it threateningly, without actually casting it.