And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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Gill's Exposition
And as soon as the lad was gone,.... Which David could observe from his lurking place:
David arose out of a place toward the south; to the south of the field in which he was hid, or to the south of…
Barnes' Notes
A place toward the south - An unintelligible description; one expects a repetition of the description of David’s hiding-place in 1Sa 20:19. The Septuagint in both places has “argab,” a word meaning a…
Adam Clarke
Until David exceeded - David's distress must, in the nature of things, be the greatest. Besides his friend Jonathan, whom he was now about to lose for ever, he lost his wife, relatives, country; and,…
Here is, 1. Jonathan's faithful performance of his promise to give David notice of the success of his dangerous experiment. He went at the time and to the place appointed (Sa1 20:35), within sight of…
Cambridge Bible
out of a place toward the south Lit. "from the side of the south," i.e. from a hiding-place to the south of the stone Ezel. But the expression is anomalous, and it is best to adopt the Sept. reading,…
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