Kings I 20:37

37 And the boy came to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan shot; and Jonathan cried out after the lad, and said, The arrow on that side of thee and beyond thee.

Kings I 20:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:37

Then he found another man, and said, smite me, I pray thee,
&c.] This is not said to be his neighbour, nor one of the sons of the prophets, but a rustic man, and so stuck not to take him at his word:

and the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him;
in his face; made some incision in his flesh, broke the skin, and fetched blood of him; perhaps somewhere about his eyes, by what follows: this he got done to him, that he might look like a wounded soldier, and thereby get the more easily to the speech of Ahab.

Kings I 20:37 In-Context

35 And morning came, and Jonathan went out to the field, as he appointed for a signal to David, and a little boy with him.

36 And he said to the boy, Run, find me the arrows which I shoot: and the boy ran, and shot an arrow, and sent it beyond .

37 And the boy came to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan shot; and Jonathan cried out after the lad, and said, The arrow on that side of thee and beyond thee.

38 And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make all speed, and stay not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master.

39 And the boy knew nothing, only Jonathan and David .