1 Samuel 20:32

1 Samuel 20:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
• New International Version (NIV)“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” Jonathan asked his father.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be killed? What has he done?”

Context of 1 Samuel 20:32

30Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? 31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!” “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?” 33Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David. 34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

1 Samuel 20:32 word by word

וַיַּ֙עַן֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן אֶת־שָׁא֖וּל אָבִ֑יו וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו לָ֥מָּה יוּמַ֖ת מֶ֥ה עָשָֽׂה׃Read the interlinear

• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• must he be put to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• ·שָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• repliedעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• ·אָב'âb · fatherH1
• ·אָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• ·אֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• has he doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:32

• 1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
• Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
• Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
• John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
• Matthew 27:23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
• Luke 23:22A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”
• 1 Samuel 18:11and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
• 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
• Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
• 1 Samuel 20:7If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:32

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-34Verses 24-34 None were more constant than David in attending holy duties; nor had he been absent, but self-preservation obliged him to withdraw. In great peril present opportunities for Divine ordinances may be waved. But it is bad for us, except in case of necessity, to omit any opportunity of statedly attending on them. Jonathan did wisely and well for himself and family, to secure an interest in David, yet for this he is blamed. It is good to take…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 20:32

• Anger
• Arrow
• Holy Spirit
• Jealousy
• Malice
• Symbols and Similitudes

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary