19<\/strong>. when the business was in hand<\/em> ] Lit. “on the day of the business,” either the incident recorded in 1Sa 19:1-7<\/span>, or some unknown matter.<\/p>\n the stone Ezel<\/em> ] The name “stone of departure” may have been given in remembrance of the parting of David and Jonathan beside it. The Sept. however, (cp. 1Sa 20:41<\/em><\/span>), reads “beside yonder heap of stones;” either some natural rocks or a heap of ruins, which might serve for a hiding-place. The rendering of E. V. marg<\/em>. “the stone that sheweth the way” comes from the Targum, which gives “sign-stone.”<\/p>\n The stone Ezel – <\/B>It is not mentioned elsewhere, except possibly in 1Sa 20:41<\/span>, where see the note.<\/P><\/p>\n When thou hast stayed three days; <\/B>either at Bethlehem with thy friends, 1Sa 20:6<\/span>, or elsewhere, as thou shalt see fit. <\/P> When the business was in hand, <\/B>Heb. in the day of business<\/I>; or, of the business<\/I>. And these words are to be joined, either, <\/P> 1. With the words next foregoing; and so they note the time when David hid himself there; which was, when this<\/I> same business<\/I> which now they were treating about was in agitation formerly, to wit, to discover Sauls mind and purpose towards him, 1Sa 19:2<\/span>,3<\/span>. Or, <\/P> 2. With the more remote words; and so they note the time when David should come to the place appointed, and formerly used to hide himself in, upon a like occasion, to wit, in the day when the business here spoken of was to be done, i.e. when the discovery of Sauls mind was to be made. <\/P> By the stone Ezel, <\/B>or, by the stone of going<\/I>, or travelling<\/I>, i.e. by that stone which directs travellers in the way, to wit, in some cave, or convenient place, which was near that stone. <\/P> <\/p>\n 19. when thou hast stayed threedays<\/B>either with your family at Beth-lehem, or wherever youfind it convenient. <\/P> come to the place where thoudidst hide thyself when the business was in hand<\/B>Hebrew,<\/I>“in the day,” or “time of the business,” when thesame matter was under inquiry formerly (1Sa19:22<\/span>). <\/P> remain by the stoneEzel<\/B>Hebrew,<\/I> “the stone of the way”; a sort ofmilestone which directed travellers. He was to conceal himself insome cave or hiding-place near that spot.<\/P><\/p>\n And [when] thou hast stayed three days<\/strong>,…. From court, either at Bethlehem, which seems most probable, or in some other place incognito; however, not in the field he proposed to hide himself in, where he could not continue so long for want of food:<\/p>\n [then] thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself<\/strong>; which makes it clear that he did not continue there during that time, but went elsewhere; from whence he was to come in haste at the expiration of three days, to the place he first hid himself in, and which was fixed upon to meet at:<\/p>\n when the business was [in hand]<\/strong>; when the affair was discoursed of, about getting knowledge how Saul was affected to David, and of informing him of it; or “on the day of work” x; or business, on a working day, as the Septuagint; and so the Targum, on a common day; when, as the Vulgate Latin, it was lawful to work on it; and such was the day when Jonathan and David conversed together about the above affair; it being the day before the new moon, or first day of the month, on which day they used not to work: Some render it, “thou shalt three times go down” y to that place; and the sense is, that he should come on the morrow, and if he found not Jonathan there, he might conclude that as yet he knew nothing of his father’s mind, and therefore should come the day following that; and if he found him not then, to come on the third day, that so he might be on the spot, let him come on which day he would:<\/p>\n and shalt remain by the stone Ezel<\/strong>; which, because it signifies “going”, the Jewish commentators generally understand it as a sign to direct travellers which way to go; but one would think this should be an improper place for David to be near, since it must be where two or more ways met, and so a public frequented place; others think therefore it had its name from David and Jonathan often going thither, to discourse with each other; the Septuagint calls it Ergab; and so the place where Jonathan, the son of Saul, exercised himself by shooting darts, is called by Jerom z; it is said by Josephus a to be an hundred fifty furlongs (about nineteen miles), from Jerusalem, and from Jordan sixty, (about eight miles).<\/p>\n x “in die operis”, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; “die profesto”, Tigurine version. y “tertiabis, descendes valde”, Montanus; “descendes ter, [vel] tertiabis descendere”, Castalio; so Patrick. z De loc. Heb. fol. 91. C. a Apud Adrichem. Theatrum T. S. p. 17.<\/p>\n (19) <\/em>Go down quickly.<\/strong>Quickly represents, but not faithfully, the Hebrew mod. <\/em>Quickly comes from the Vulg., descende ergo festinus. <\/em>The literal rendering of mod <\/em>is greatly, and probably Dean Payne Smiths rendering, and on the third day go a long way (greatly) down into the valley, represents the meaning of the original, which has been a general stumbling-block with the versions. The Chaldee, Arabic, and Syriac here interpret rather than translate, on the third day thou will be missed the more. It did not matter, writes the Dean, whether David went fast or slow, as he was to hide there some time, but it was important that David should be far away, so that no prying eye might chance to catch sight of him.<\/p>\n When the business was in hand.<\/strong>The expression, byom hammaseh, <\/em>rendered in our version by when the business was in hand, <\/em>is one hard to understand. Perhaps the best translation is that adopted by Gesenius, De Wette, and Maurer, who render it quite literally on the day of the deed, and understand by deed King Sauls design of killing David (see 1Sa. 19:2<\/span>).<\/p>\n By the stone Ezel.<\/strong>This stone, or cairn, or possibly ruin, is mentioned nowhere else. Some have supposed it to have been a road-stone, or stone guide-post. The following ingenious conjecture is hazarded in the Speakers Commentary:<\/em>The LXX. here, and again in 1Sa. 20:41<\/span> (where the spot, but not the stone, is spoken of), read argab, <\/em>or ergab, <\/em>a word meaning a heap of stones. <\/em>If this is the true reading, Davids hiding place was either a natural cavernous rock, which was called argab, <\/em>or some ruin of an ancient building equally suited for a hiding place. Ewald, slightly changing the text, understands the word as signifying the lonely waste.<\/p>\n 19<\/strong>. <\/strong> When the business was in hand <\/strong> Margin, in the day of the <\/em> business. <\/em> Referring to the circumstance of Jonathan’s previous intercession for David, (1Sa 19:3<\/span>,) that business <\/em> or affair <\/em> so similar to the one now in hand. Ewald thinks the affair <\/em> here referred to was Saul’s personal attempt to take David’s life, and that “a sort of filial reverence here induces Jonathan to call that day simply the day of the affair, <\/em> to avoid having to give that affair its right name.” <\/p>\n Ezel <\/strong> The name of a stone near Gibeah well known to Jonathan and David, but now unknown.<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:19<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And when thou hast stayed three days, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> But on the third day thou shalt come quickly to that place, in which thou shalt hide thyself on the feast day; and thou shalt sit by the stone Ezel: <\/em>Houbigant. Ezel <\/em>is supposed to have been a stone erected to shew men the road, for the word signifies going <\/em>or travelling. <\/em>The Syriac and Greek render it, by this stone.<\/em> <\/p>\n 1Sa 20:19 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 19. When the business was in hand.<\/strong> ] When I advertised thee of my father’s intent to kill thee, 1Sa 19:2 and when I made intercession for thee to my father, being hard wrought about it. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n By the stone Ezel.<\/strong> ] That is, By the stone of walking, saith Lyra; because Jonathan and David used there to walk and talk of private businesses: as a certain hill near Cambridge was commonly called Heretics’ Hill, because thither Bilney and Latimer used to resort for holy conference. Lapidem Mercurialem intelligit,<\/em> saith Vatablus here, i.e., <\/em> He meaneth a stone that set travellers their right way.<\/p>\n when the business was in hand: i.e. the day when Jonathan arranged for David to overhear Saul’s murderous intention (1Sa 19:2, 1Sa 19:3), and when Jonathan devoted himself to the business of David’s safety. <\/p>\n stone Ezel. Septuagint reads “the side of this mound”. <\/p>\n quickly: or, diligently, Heb. greatly <\/p>\n hide thyself: 1Sa 20:5, 1Sa 19:2 <\/p>\n when the business: Heb. in the day of the business <\/p>\n Ezel: or, that sheweth the way. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Sa 20:35 – at the time<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:19. When thou hast stayed three days, &c. This is commonly interpreted of his staying so long with his kindred at Bethlehem. In the Hebrew the words are, Thou shalt three times go down to a very low place; and the meaning seems to be, that if Jonathan did not come to the place appointed the first day, David should take it for granted that he had no information of importance to communicate, and should come again the second day; and if Jonathan brought him no intelligence then, he should come on the third. Houbigant interprets the words, But on the third day thou shalt come quickly to that place, in which thou shalt hide thyself on the feast-day. When the business was in hand When this same business which they were now treating about was in agitation formerly; namely, to discover Sauls mind and purpose toward David, 1Sa 19:2-3. By the stone Ezel A stone probably erected to direct travellers in the way: he was to hide himself in some cave or other convenient place near it.<\/p>\n 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. 19. when the business was in hand ] Lit. “on the day of the business,” either the incident recorded … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 20:19”<\/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-7761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7761","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=7761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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