1 Samuel 20:40

40 Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into 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 again after the boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to his master:

39 And he knew not at all what was doing: for only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40 Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city.

41 And when the boy was gone, David rose out of his place, which was toward the south, and falling on his face to the ground, adored thrice: and kissing one another, they wept together; but David more.

42 And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that 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. (20-43) And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.