14, 15<\/strong>. Convinced that David will succeed to the kingdom, Jonathan exacts from him a promise to shew kindness to his posterity after his death as well as to himself during his life time. His words, like Saul’s in ch. 1Sa 14:21<\/span>, are prompted by a fear lest even David should conform to the barbarous Oriental custom by which the first king of a new dynasty often tried to secure himself on the throne by murdering his predecessor’s family. Cp. 1Ki 15:29<\/span>; 1Ki 16:11 ; 2Ki 10:6<\/span>; 2Ki 11:1<\/span>. David fulfilled his promise by shewing kindness to Mephibosheth (2Sa 9:1<\/span> ff; 2Sa 21:7<\/span>). This is clearly the general sense of the passage, though the exact rendering is doubtful. (1) Retaining the Heb. text we may translate: “And wilt thou not, if I am still alive (when thou comest to the throne), yea wilt thou not shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not? And thou shalt not cut off, &c.” But this involves a very harsh construction, and it is perhaps best (2) to alter the text slightly, and translate: “And mayest thou, if I am still alive, yea mayest thou shew me the kindness of Jehovah: and if I die, thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, &c.”<\/p>\n The general meaning is: Jonathan had a presentiment, doubtless from God, that David would be established upon the throne. By Gods mercy he had the comfort, which he well deserved, of knowing that his own posterity would receive kindness at Davids hand (see the marginal references).<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 14<\/span>. Show me the kindness of the Lord<\/B><\/I>] When thou comest to the kingdom, if I am alive, thou shalt show kindness to me, and thou shalt continue that kindness to my family after me.<\/P> <\/p>\n Or, <\/P> And wilt thou not, if I shall then be alive, <\/B>( to wit, when the Lord shall be with thee, as he hath been with my father<\/I>, as he now said, i.e. when God shall have advanced thee to the kingdom, as he did him,) yea, wilt thou not<\/I> (the same particle twice repeated for asseveration, i.e. I am well assured that thou wilt) <\/P> show me the kindness of the Lord; <\/B>i.e. either such kindness as the Lord hath showed to thee in preserving thy life in the midst of so many and such great dangers; or that kindness to which thou hast engaged thyself; in the covenant sworn between thee and me in Gods presence. <\/P> That I die not; <\/B>that thou do not kill me or mine, as princes of another line use to kill the nearest relations of the former line, from whom the kingdom was translated to them; which they do either by way of revenge, or in policy, and reason of state, to secure the kingdom to themselves. <\/P> <\/p>\n And thou shalt not only, while yet I live, show me the kindness of the Lord<\/strong>,…. Such kindness as is well pleasing in the sight of God, and imitate what he shows to men, and which was covenanted, promised, and agreed to in the presence of the Lord, when David and Jonathan entered into covenant with each other; this Jonathan did not doubt of, and therefore did not make this a request:<\/p>\n that I die not<\/strong>; he had no fear nor dread on his mind, should David come to the throne while he was alive, that he would take away his life; which was usually done by tyrants and usurpers, when there were any that had a fairer title, and better claim to the throne than they.<\/p>\n (14) And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not.<\/strong>The Hebrew of this and the next verse is again very confused, abrupt, and ungrammatical, but this is evidently to be attributed to the violent emotion of the speaker. We have, doubtless (as above suggested). Davids own report of what took place, and the words of his dead friend had, no doubt, impressed themselves with a sad accuracy on his heart.<\/p>\n The Syriac and Arabic renderings have been followed by Maurer, Ewald, Keil, Lange, and others, who change vlo <\/em>(and not) in the first two clauses of 1Sa. 20:14<\/span>, into the interjection vlu <\/em>(and O that, or would that). They render them, And mayest thou, if I still live, show to me the favour of the Lord, and if I die, not withdraw thy favour from my house for ever, not even when Jehovah shall cut off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.<\/p>\n The last words, when Jehovah shall cut off, tells us with striking clearness how thoroughly convinced was Jonathan that in the end Davids cause, as the cause of their God, would surely triumph. Mournfully he looked on to his fathers downfall and his own (Jonathans) premature death; and in full view of this he bespoke the interest of his friendthough his friend would probably in a few hours become an exile and outlawon behalf of his own (Jonathans) children, who would, he foresaw, before many years had expired, be landless, homeless orphans.<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:14<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And thou shalt not only while yet I live<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> “But thou, if I shall then survive, <\/em>[i.e. when the Lord is with thee, and thou art made king,] shalt perform towards me the same kindnesswhich the Lord hath shewn thee; <\/em>1Sa 20:15<\/span>. But if I die, thou shalt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when, <\/em>&c.” Houbigant:who observes, that the plain meaning of the passage is, “If I live when thou art king, thou shalt spare me; if I die, thou shalt spare my family.” Thus making with David, not a personal covenant only, but one which reached to their posterity. <\/p>\n 1Sa 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:<\/p>\n Ver. 14. Show me the kindness of the Lord.<\/strong> ] Such as he showeth to his people; and such as they that have their thoughts steeped in the kindness of the Lord to themselves, do show one to another, loving mutually, “out of a pure heart fervently.” 1Pe 1:22 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n That I die not.<\/strong> ] As justly perhaps I might do, for my father’s hatred to thee, and persecution of thee. That was a cruel custom of Ulades, prince of Walachia, together with the offender, to execute the whole family; yea, sometimes the whole kindred. a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Turk. Hist.<\/p>\n the kindness: 2Sa 9:3, Eph 5:1, Eph 5:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 31:44 – let us Gen 40:14 – show Jos 2:12 – swear 1Sa 20:23 – the matter 1Sa 24:21 – Swear 2Sa 9:1 – show him<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:14. And thou shalt show me the kindness of the Lord That kindness to which thou hast engaged thyself, in the covenant sworn between thee and me in Gods presence. The words in the Hebrew run plainly thus: And wilt thou not, if I be then alive, (namely, when God had advanced David to the throne as he had done Saul,) wilt thou not show me the loving-kindness of the Lord? He made no doubt, but rather strongly affirmed his belief of it. That I die not That thou do not kill me or mine, as princes of another line used to kill the nearest relations of the former line, from whom the kingdom was translated to them.<\/p>\n 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, {h} that I die not:<\/p>\n (h) I know that if you were given the kingdom now, you would not destroy me, but show yourself friendly to my posterity.<\/p>\n And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: 14, 15. Convinced that David will succeed to the kingdom, Jonathan exacts from him a promise to shew kindness to his posterity after his death as well as to himself during his life time. 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Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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