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1 Samuel 20:40

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40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, “Go, carry them back to town.”
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1 Samuel 20:40 in Other Translations

KJV
40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
ESV
40 And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, "Go and carry them to the city."
NLT
40 Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him to take them back to town.
MSG
40 Jonathan gave his quiver and bow to the boy and sent him back to town.
CSB
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the young man who was with him and said, "Go, take it back 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.

FOOTNOTES:

F12 (wylk ta) "vasa sua", Montanus; "instrumenta sua", Piscator; "arma sua", V. L. Tigurine version.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 20:40 In-Context

38 Then he shouted, “Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
39 (The boy knew nothing about all this; only Jonathan and David knew.)
40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, “Go, carry them back to town.”
41 After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’ ” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
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