18<\/strong>. thy seat will be empty<\/em> ] At the sacrificial feast. See 1Sa 20:5<\/em><\/span> ; 1Sa 20:25<\/em><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n 18 42<\/strong>. This section is the Haphtarah<\/em> for the New Moon when it falls on the first day of the week.<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:18<\/span><\/p>\n Thou shalt be missed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Being missed<\/strong><\/p>\n There are two aspects of truth in these words. One fact is plain enough; the vacant chair will one day be our own. I do not say that the highest motive that can inspire us is to be found in a desire to be gratefully remembered. No; Christian duty has its highest motives in the love of Christ, and in devotion to the right as right.<\/p>\n Thy seat shall be empty. The vacant chair<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>I point out to you the fathers vacant chair.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>I go a little farther on in your house, and I find the mothers vacant chair.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>I go on a little further, and I come to the invalids chair.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>I pass on, and I find one more vacant chair. It is a high chair. It is the childs chair. If that chair be occupied, I think it is the most potent chair in all the household. (T. De Witt Talmage.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Thy seat, <\/B>i.e. the place where David used to sit at meals with Saul. See 1Sa 20:25<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n Then Jonathan said to David, tomorrow [is] the new moon<\/strong>,…. The first day of the month, as David had before observed, 1Sa 20:5<\/span>;<\/p>\n and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty<\/strong>; or be inquired after, because not in his usual place at mealtime.<\/p>\n (18) Thou shalt be missed.<\/strong>Well then, resumes Jonathanafter the passionate conclusion of the solemn covenant betwixt the friendsthe last trial shall be as you propose. At the State banquet of my father tomorrow your seat, as agreed upon, will be empty, then you and Iwhen King Saul misses youwill know the worst.<\/p>\n (18) Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. (19) And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. (20) And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. (21) And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth. (22) But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. (23) And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me forever. (24) So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If the Reader recollects, our dear Lord did not go up publicly to the feast, but after his brethren were gone, he then made a private visit there. Joh 7:1-10<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow [is] the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.<\/p>\n Ver. 18. Tomorrow is the new moon.<\/strong> ] See Trapp on “<\/em> 1Sa 20:5 “<\/em> <\/p>\n new moon: 1Sa 20:5 <\/p>\n and thou shalt: Among the forms of salutation and compliment used in Persia, one was, according to my mode of notation in italics, Ja i shama khali bud pish yaran, signifying, Thy place or seat was empty among thy friends. This phrase, or the greater part of it, was frequently addressed to myself when coming into a circle of Persian acquaintances, after an absence of several days or weeks. It reminded me of a passage in the First book of Samuel – 1Sa 20:18. And thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. And again, David’s place was empty.” Sir W. Ouseley’s Travels, vol i. preface, p.16. <\/p>\n empty: Heb. missed <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Col 2:16 – the new<\/p>\n The plan for communicating Saul’s intentions to David 20:18-23<\/span><\/p>\n Saul would miss David at his feast not only because his seat would be vacant but because warriors normally expressed their support for their king by eating with him at important meals (1Sa 20:18). David’s absence would have raised a question in Saul’s mind about David’s commitment to him. The writer did not identify the exact place where David had previously hidden himself on some eventful day (1Sa 20:19). Evidently it was near Ezel Stone, a site unknown today but well known then. Probably Jonathan chose this place to communicate with David because it was convenient and secure, evidently near Gibeah.<\/p>\n The shooting of arrows was probably just a practical way to signal David. Jonathan reminded David of their agreement as they parted (1Sa 20:23; cf. Gen 31:48-53). [Note: For discussion of a minor textual problem in <\/span>1Sa 20:23, see Emunah Finkelstein, "An Ignored Haplography in Samuel," Journal of Semitic Studies 4:4 (October 1959):356-57.] <\/span><\/p>\n "Friendships are one of the most enriching of life’s experiences: how poor is the man or woman who is friendless! Friends enrich life because they give<\/span>, without counting the cost. Jonathan was a man who gave to David more than he received; and in doing so he showed how different he was from the typical king described in 1Sa 8:11-17, whose sole function was to take<\/span>. Life has its givers and its takers; Jonathan was supremely a giver-and David, though destined to become a king, persistently declined to take anything away from Saul. He patiently waited for God to give him the crown of Israel." [Note: David Payne, p. 106.] <\/span><\/p>\n Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow [is] the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 18. thy seat will be empty ] At the sacrificial feast. See 1Sa 20:5 ; 1Sa 20:25. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 18 42. This section is the Haphtarah for the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 20:18”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>There is a recognition of reality all around and about us. Men are for the most part known for what they verily are.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>There are graduated spheres of influence.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>There are capacities individual to ourselves. Each Life is a separate creation of Gods. No two dogs even have the same countenances.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>There is a recognition of special friendship. We cannot feel alike to all if we would. (W. M. Statham.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"