1 Samuël 20:33

33 Toen schoot Saul de spies op hem, om hem te slaan. Alzo merkte Jonathan, dat dit ten volle bij zijn vader besloten was, David te doden.

1 Samuël 20:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:33

And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him
So provoked to wrath was he by what he said. It seems by this that Saul always had a javelin or spear in his hand, which is to be accounted for by the custom of those times; in other countries, as well as in this, the kings used to carry spears in their hands instead of sceptres, and which they used as such; so Justin ^F8, speaking of the times of Romulus, says, that kings in those times had spears, as an ensign of royalty, which the Greeks call sceptres; and so the Greeks called sceptres spears ^F9:

whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay
David;
for since he attempted to smite him, his own son, for speaking on his behalf, it might be well concluded, that such was his settled wrath and malice, that he would if possible kill David, could he get him into his hands.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 E Trogo, l. 43. c. 3.
F9 Pausanias in Boeoticis, sive, l. 9. p. 606. Vid. Barthii Animadv. ad Claudian in nupt. Honor ver. 119.

1 Samuël 20:33 In-Context

31 Want al de dagen, die de zoon van Isai op den aardbodem leven zal, zo zult gij noch uw koninkrijk bevestigd worden; nu dan, schik heen, en haal hem tot mij, want hij is een kind des doods.

32 Toen antwoordde Jonathan Saul, zijn vader, en zeide tot hem: Waarom zal hij gedood worden? Wat heeft hij gedaan?

33 Toen schoot Saul de spies op hem, om hem te slaan. Alzo merkte Jonathan, dat dit ten volle bij zijn vader besloten was, David te doden.

34 Daarom stond Jonathan van de tafel op in hittigheid des toorns; en hij at op den tweeden dag der nieuwe maan geen brood, want hij was bekommerd om David, omdat zijn vader hem gesmaad had.

35 En het geschiedde des morgens, dat Jonathan in het veld ging, op den tijd, die David bestemd was; en er was een kleine jongen bij hem.