1 Samuel 20:33

33 Então Saul levantou a lança, para o ferir; assim entendeu Jônatas que seu pai tinha determinado matar a Davi.

1 Samuel 20:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:33

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 custom of those times; in other countries, as well as in this, the kings used to carry spears in their hands instead of sceptres, and which they used as such; so Justin ^F8, speaking of the times of Romulus, says, that kings in those times had spears, as an ensign of royalty, which the Greeks call sceptres; and so the Greeks called sceptres spears ^F9:

whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay
David;
for since he attempted to smite him, his own son, for speaking on his behalf, it might be well concluded, that such was his settled wrath and malice, that he would if possible kill David, could he get him into his hands.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 E Trogo, l. 43. c. 3.
F9 Pausanias in Boeoticis, sive, l. 9. p. 606. Vid. Barthii Animadv. ad Claudian in nupt. Honor ver. 119.

1 Samuel 20:33 In-Context

31 Pois por todo o tempo em que o filho de Jessé viver sobre a terra, nem tu estarás seguro, nem o teu reino; pelo que envia agora, e traze-mo, porque ele há de morrer.

32 Ao que respondeu Jônatas a Saul, seu pai, e lhe disse: Por que há de morrer. que fez ele?

33 Então Saul levantou a lança, para o ferir; assim entendeu Jônatas que seu pai tinha determinado matar a Davi.

34 Pelo que Jônatas, todo encolerizado, se levantou da mesa, e no segundo dia do mês não comeu; pois se magoava por causa de Davi, porque seu pai o tinha ultrajado.

35 Jônatas, pois, saiu ao campo, pela manhã, ao tempo que tinha ajustado com Davi, levando consigo um rapazinho.