1 Samuel 20:38

38 And Jonathan called after the boy, “Hurry! Be quick! Do not stay! ” So Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.

1 Samuel 20:38 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:38

And Jonathan cried after the lad, make speed, haste, stay
not
But bring the arrows to him directly, that he might dismiss him; for, observing that no man was passing by, he was desirous of embracing the opportunity for a few minutes to have an interview with David alone before he fled:

and Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows;
for though the textual reading is singular, the marginal is plural, to show, as Kimchi observes, that he cast three arrows, as he said he would, ( 1 Samuel 20:20 ) ;

and came to his master;
with them.

1 Samuel 20:38 In-Context

36 And he said to his boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot. ” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

37 And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you? ”

38 And Jonathan called after the boy, “Hurry! Be quick! Do not stay! ” So Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.

39 But the boy knew nothing. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40 And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, “Go and carry them to the city. ”