Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 20:26
Nevertheless Saul spoke not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean.
26. he is not clean ] Persons who were ceremonially unclean were peremptorily excluded from participating in a religious festival. See Lev 7:20-21 ; 1Sa 16:5.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He is not clean – The new moon being a religious feast, and the meat to be eaten being peace-offerings, no one could assist at the feast who had any ceremonial uncleanness upon him (marginal references).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Something hath befallen; some accident which hath rendered him unclean, and so unfit to partake of this feast, which consisted in part of the remainders of these peace-offerings, according to the law, Lev 7:20; unfit also to come into any company, much more into the kings company, lest he should pollute them also. See Poole “1Sa 20:5“. See also Le 11 Le 15.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
26. he is not cleanNo noticewas taken of David’s absence, as he might be laboring under someceremonial defilement.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Nevertheless, Saul spake not anything that day,…. About David’s absence, took no notice of it, said nothing about it:
for he thought something had befallen him; some impurity, some nocturnal pollution, see Le 15:16;
he [is] not clean, surely he [is] not clean; which he repeated in his mind for the confirmation of it, and in contempt, and to the reproach of David; and in this way he accounted for his absence the first day, and so was easy, it not being lawful and fitting for an unclean person in a ceremonial sense to eat of the peace offerings, which Saul and his family were now partaking of.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
26. He is not clean Some ceremonial defilement prevents his attendance at this festival of the new moon. Compare marginal references.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 20:26. He is not clean; surely he is not clean See Lev 15:16. Houbigant renders this; because, possibly, being unclean, he hath not purified himself: following the LXX. The other versions vary greatly.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
1Sa 20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean.
Ver. 26. Something hath befallen him. ] Casus est, it is some of those chances wherewith men are defiled and unfitted for holy services; such as were the touching of dead bodies, nocturnal pollutions, &c. Lev 7:19-20
He is not clean.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
not any thing: i.e. “nothing [concerning David’s absence] that day “.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he is not clean: Lev 7:21, Lev 11:24, Lev 11:27, Lev 11:31, Lev 11:40, Lev 15:5, Lev 15:16, Lev 15:17, Lev 15:19-21, Num 19:16
Reciprocal: Num 11:26 – went not out Ecc 10:13 – beginning Zep 1:7 – bid
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not {k} clean; surely he [is] not clean.
(k) Yet he might have some business to let him.