1 Samuel 20:40

40 Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, "Go and 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 Jonathan called after the boy, "Hurry, be quick, do not linger." 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 arrangement.

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

41 As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other, and wept with each other; David wept the more.

42 Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, since both of us have sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, "The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.' " He got up and left; and Jonathan went into the city.