1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 20:33Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.
וַיָּ֨טֶל שָׁא֧וּל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִ֛ית עָלָ֖יו לְהַכֹּת֑וֹ וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן כִּֽי־כָ֥לָה הִ֛יא מֵעִ֥ם אָבִ֖יו לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִֽד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 20:7If he shall say: It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.
- 1 Sam 18:11And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
- 1 Sam 19:10And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall, and David fled, and escaped that night.