1 Samuel 20:28

1 Samuel 20:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:
• New International Version (NIV)Jonathan answered, “David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.

Context of 1 Samuel 20:28

26Nevertheless, Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “It must be an accident; he must be ceremonially unclean—yes, that’s it, he’s unclean.” 27Yet it came to pass on the day following the New Moon, the second day, that David’s place was still empty. So Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal yesterday or today?” Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem, 29as he said, ‘Please let me go, for we are going to have a family feast in the town, and my brother has commanded me. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me go, please, to see my brothers. That’s why he hasn’t come to the king’s table.” 30Then Saul’s rage blazed against Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse—to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

1 Samuel 20:28 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַן יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן אֶת־שָׁא֑וּל נִשְׁאֹ֨ל נִשְׁאַ֥ל דָּוִ֛ד מֵעִמָּדִ֖י עַד־בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• earnestlyשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• of meעִמָּדִי‛immâd · with meH5978
• to Beth–lehemבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbêyth lechem · BethlehemH1035

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:28

• 1 Samuel 20:6If your father misses me at all, then say: ‘David earnestly asked my permission to run to Beth-lehem, his town, for it is the annual sacrifice there for the whole family.’

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:28

• 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

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In the dictionaries

• David
• Jonathan
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Artillery
• Require
• Jesse
• Jonathan (2)
• Sacrifice
• Samuel, Books of

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