1 Samuel 20:40

40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go , carry them to the city.

1 Samuel 20:40 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:40

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad
"His vessels" ^F12 or instruments; his arms, as the Targum, his quiver, bow, and arrows:

and said unto him, go, carry [them] to the city;
to Gibeah, to Jonathan's house, or to his apartments at court there.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (wylk ta) "vasa sua", Montanus; "instrumenta sua", Piscator; "arma sua", V. L. Tigurine version.

1 Samuel 20:40 In-Context

38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste , stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows , and came to his master.

39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go , carry them to the city.

41 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 .

42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying , The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed : and Jonathan went into the city.

Footnotes

• [a]. artillery: Heb. instruments