Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 20:37
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, [Is] not the arrow beyond thee?
To the place, i.e. near to the place. Or, and the lad went, or was going on to the place; for the words following show the he was not yet come thither. The Hebrew verb bo, which properly signifies to come, sometimes signifies to go; as here, and Rth 3:7; Jon 1:3.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot,…. To the mark which he told him he should shoot at, and whereabout he might expect to find the arrow:
Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, [is] not the arrow beyond thee? he cried with a loud voice and said this, not so much that the lad might hear him, but that David, who lay hid near the place, might hear him; so that if they had no opportunity of seeing and conversing with each other through any person going by at that time, David might know by this sign that evil was determined against him, and must flee for his life; the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions read, “behold, the arrow is beyond thee”; so Noldius k.
k Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 265. No. 1141.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Sa 20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, [Is] not the arrow beyond thee?
Ver. 37. Is not the arrow beyond thee? ] This was an item to David to be packing. See 1Sa 20:22 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 20:37. When the lad was come to the place That is, near to the place: or, and the lad went; or, was going on to the place; for the words following show that he was not yet come thither. The Hebrew word bo, signifies either to come or to go. See Rth 3:7; and Jon 1:3.