42<\/strong>. forasmuch as<\/em>, &c.] It is better to follow the marginal rendering in assuming an aposiopesis, which corresponds with Jonathan’s deep emotion. “ That which we have sworn<\/strong>, &c.” remember!<\/strong> Jonathan’s parting charge reminds David of their mutual vow.<\/p>\n Jonathan went into the city – <\/B>From which one may infer, what the after history also indicates, that Jonathans filial duty and patriotism prevented a complete rupture with his father. Jonathans conduct in this, as in everything, was most admirable.<\/P><\/p>\n 1Sa 20:42<\/span><\/p>\n And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Real friendship<\/strong><\/p>\n All faithful friends went on a pilgrimage years ago, and none of them have ever come back; so wrote one of the Puritan divines, whose heart was depressed at the time most likely. Perhaps the best definition of friendship is that given by Addison: it is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of each other.<\/p>\n Divine goodness in human friendship<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>There is one fact belonging to this history which has seldom had the attention it deserves. While Jonathan was always faithful to David, he was never false to his lather. Some men wail cultivate one virtue alone, and make it an Aarons rod–swallowing up all the other virtues; but this man did not suffer his virtues as a friend to devour his virtues as a son.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It needs no word to prove that the friendship we have been studying must have been a great help and blessing to David. How great, is known only to Him by whom the boon was bestowed.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>As we contemplate the character of Jonathan, we are made increasingly thankful that the immortality of the good is revealed in Gods Word beyond the possibility of doubt or question. We are forbidden to think that the love of Jonathans heart, which wrought so beneficently on earth, labours no longer for the welfare of the others. Can it be possible that the God who created it in His own image doomed it to indolence? Would not that be to doom the possessor of it to misery? (C. Vines.<\/em>)<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have sworn both of us; <\/B>therefore doubt not but I will ever love thee, and faithfully serve thee; and the like I assure myself from thee; and this must be our comfort in our state of separation. <\/P> <\/p>\n 42. Jonathan said to David, Go inpeace<\/B>The interview being a stolen one, and every momentprecious, it was kindness in Jonathan to hasten his friend’sdeparture.<\/P><\/p>\n And Jonathan said to David, go in peace<\/strong>,…. In peace of mind, committing himself, his family, and affairs, to the providence of God, who would take care of him, and keep him in safety from the evil designs of Saul; and particularly he would have him be easy with respect to what had passed between them two, not doubting but it would be faithfully observed on both sides:<\/p>\n forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord<\/strong>: had made a covenant with each other by an oath, in the name and presence of God as a witness to it:<\/p>\n saying, the Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever<\/strong>; as a witness of the agreement between them, including them and their offspring, and as a revenger of such that should break it. The Targum is,<\/p>\n “the Word of the Lord be between thee and me, c.”<\/p>\n and he arose and departed<\/strong> that is, David arose from the ground, and took his leave of Jonathan, and departed into the country for the safety of his person and life:<\/p>\n and Jonathan went into the city<\/strong>; into the city of Gibeah, where Saul dwelt and had his court.<\/p>\n (42) Go in peace.<\/strong>The abruptness of the closing words is most natural, and accords with the evident deep emotion of the speaker. Davids heart was too full to reply to his friends words; blinded with tears, he seems to have hurried away speechless.<\/p>\n We may indeed wonder at the delicacy of feeling and the gentleness of the sentiments which these two men in those old rough times entertained for one another. No ancient writer has set before us so noble an example of a heartfelt, unselfish, and thoroughly human state of feeling, and none has described friendship with such entire truth in all its relations, and with such complete and profound knowledge of the human heart.Phillipson, <\/em>quoted by Payne Smith.<\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n READER! there is so much loveliness in the character of Jonathan, according as the Holy Ghost hath been pleased to present him before the church, in his conduct towards David, that I think it is our duty, as well as our privilege, to look at him with proper attention: and while we adore the gracious God that made him so lovely, we should implore grace to imitate his bright example. How beautiful he appears in this chapter, in his wisdom of discovering the real state of his father’s mind towards David, and in his contrivance of communicating the same, unobserved, to the mind of David! How very engaging he appears also, in his sympathizing with David on the occasion, and mingling his tears with his, in the prospect of separation! How lovely in his piety towards the Lord, in so cheerfully looking forward to the sure succession of David to the kingdom, though to the exclusion of himself and his own family, because the thing was of the Lord!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n But, my soul, when thou host taken the fullest, and most leisurely survey of the loveliness, and wisdom, and generosity of Jonathan, turn thy thoughts to the contemplation of thy Jesus, in whom are hid all the treasures of loveliness, wisdom, and knowledge; and behold that matchless superiority in him to everything excellent. Jesus is, indeed, the altogether lovely, and the chiefest among ten thousand. He is the wonderful Counsellor, for guiding and instructing his people in wisdom and knowledge. And he is not only the noblest of all possible examples of mercy, but mercy itself; even the mercy promised. Yes! blessed Jesus, it is thy sweet and friendly office to give us counsel in all seasons of perplexity; to impart to us the secrets of thy Father’s will, both in a way of providence and of grace: and thou dost indeed sooth us in all our troubles. When on earth thou didst mingle thy tears with the sorrows of thy distressed family. And now in glory, thou still retainest the feelings of our human nature: and when we are driven out and forsaken of all men, thou dost never leave us, nor forsake us. Oh! Precious Lord God! when I think of thy matchless love, how infinite, how inexhaustible; that even my ingratitude and forgetfulness of thee cannot wear out. Shall I not in all seasons when viewing anything lovely in the creature, like this of Jonathan, shall I not call to mind thy surpassing loveliness, in mercy, grace, and favour to me, and to thy people? And shall I not, under the impression of the vast superiority, point to Jesus, as the church of old, and say, this is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.<\/p>\n Ver. 42. Forasmuch as we have sworn both of us.<\/strong> ] Some read it, What things soever we have sworn, &c., making it to be an elliptical broken speech: as it is usual with those that are in heaviness to utter half sentences, &c.<\/p>\n Go in peace: 1Sa 20:22, 1Sa 1:17, Num 6:26, Luk 7:50, Act 16:36 <\/p>\n forasmuch as: or, the Lord be witness of that which, etc. 1Sa 20:23 <\/p>\n And he arose: 1Sa 23:18, The separation of two such faithful friends was equally grievous to them both, but David’s case was the more deplorable: for when Jonathan was returning to his family and friends, David was leaving all his comforts, even those of God’s sanctuary, and therefore his grief exceeded Jonathan’s; or, perhaps it was because his temper was more tender and his passions stronger. They referred each other to the covenant of friendship that was between them, both of them being comforted thereby in this very mournful separation – “We have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, for ourselves and our heirs, that we and they will be faithful and kind to each other from generation to generation. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 21:23 – swear 1Sa 18:3 – made a covenant 1Sa 20:9 – then would 1Sa 22:8 – that my son 1Sa 25:35 – Go up 2Sa 9:1 – show him 2Sa 14:11 – let the king 2Sa 21:7 – because Jer 42:5 – The Lord be Mar 5:34 – go Act 17:10 – the brethren Act 20:1 – embraced Act 21:1 – we were<\/p>\n THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART<\/p>\n And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, the Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever, etc.<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:42<\/p>\n This was the last meeting and the final leaving of two young men whose friendship has been a proverb for nearly thirty centuries.<\/p>\n I. There are partings in every life.The ties of yesterday are loosened to-day, and will be broken to-morrow. We are closely bound to each other by the strong bonds of circumstances one moment, and the next we are severed and each goes on his way to strive or to suffer, and to conquer or to fall, alone. The hour of parting came to David and Jonathan, and nought remained but this, Jonathan said to David, Go in peace.<\/p>\n II. There was one thought which took away some of the bitterness of that moment and allowed them to go each on his way with a firm step and a strong heart, for theirs had been no light and trifling friendship, which had sprung up in a day and might be dissolved in an hour, but a serious, manly, steadfast love, rooted in a common faith and held together by a common object animating their lives; and therefore the one could say to the other, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord. One might go back to the haunted house, where Saul would curse and rave, and the other might wander abroad in the wilderness; but come what might, they were both prepared for good or evil fortune. Both had sworn to put their trust in the living God.<\/p>\n Canon Jessop.<\/p>\n Illustrations<\/p>\n (1) Dean Church, talking about Hurrell Froude and Newman, says that each had the capacity for whole-hearted friendship. Probably that capacity for friendship is a rarer possession than we think. But it belonged pre-eminently to David and to Jonathan, and being found there in connection with pure and noble natures, it has cast a glamour of undying interest over the short story of their intercourse.<\/p>\n (2) The last interview between the two friends was most touching. By that time Jonathan had come to a clear prevision that David was Gods predestined king, and he loved him well enough to be content. Love could go no further. We are reminded of the words of the Baptist, He must increase, I must decrease. Only see to it that whenever you meet with your friends, under whatsoever circumstances, you always strengthen them in God. Jonathan came to David there, and strengthened his hand in God. All that these words imply it is not easy to write; our hearts interpret the words, and imagine the stream of holy encouragement that poured from that noble spirit into the heart of his friend. He must be strong who would strengthen another; he must have God, and be in God, who would easily give the consolations of God to his brother; and we can easily understand how the anguish of Jonathans soul, torn between filial devotion to his father and his love to his friend, must have driven him back on those resources of the Divine nature which are the only solace of men whose lives have been cast in the same fiery crucible.<\/p>\n (3) In heavens vaults there are what are known as binary stars, each probably a sun with its attendant train of worlds revolving around a common centre, but blending their rays so that they reach the watchers eye as one clear beam of light. So do twin souls find the centre of their orbit in each other; and there is nothing in the annals of human affection nobler than the bond of such a love between two pure, high-minded and noble men, whose love passes that of women. Such love was celebrated in ancient classic story, and has made the names of Damon and Pythias proverbial. It has also enriched the literature of modern days in the love of a Hallam and a Tennyson. But nowhere is it more fragrant than on the pages that contain the memorials of the love of Jonathan and David.<\/p>\n 1Sa 20:42. Jonathan said, The Lord be between thee and me, &c. As much as to say, Fear not but I will faithfully keep my covenant with thee; as I doubt not of thy perpetual steadfastness in it with me and my posterity. And this must be our satisfaction in this sad separation. And he arose and departed That is, David left Jonathan, that he might avoid the effects of Sauls wrath, and escape immediate destruction; and Jonathan returned to his family and friends. And it appears that these two friends never met again on earth, except once, and that was by stealth in a wood, chap. 23. 16. But their spirits have long been united in the paradise of God, and they shall spend an eternity together in their complete persons, in that world of love and harmony where, the former things being passed away, friends united in heart will be separated no more! <\/p>\n 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have {t} sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.<\/p>\n (t) Which oath he calls the covenant of the Lord in 1Sa 20:8.<\/p>\n And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. 42. forasmuch as, &c.] It is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 20:42”<\/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-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784","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=7784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>True friendship requires some acknowledged basis of individual worth. To be very popular is very different from being beloved. Froissart says of Gaston de Foix, In everything he was so perfect that he cannot be praised too much; he loved what ought to be beloved, and hated what ought to be condemned; and he never had miscreant with him.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>True friendship demands courage and self-sacrifice in instant answer to the call. When Jonathan rose up from the table there was more than one javelin in the air coming towards him; there was the mad kings wrath shooting lances of fire also.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>True friendship becomes more disinterested as it becomes more loving.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>True friendship shows itself by delicate and sometimes mysterious signals of communication. Indeed, when two men become fast and sympathetic comrades, we sometimes fail to discover what they find in each other so companionable.<\/p>\n
V. <\/strong>True friendship finds its highest model in the Lord of life and glory. (C. S. Robinson, D. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>In its freedom from all jealousy, Jonathans conduct was most exemplary. It was here that the son proved himself to be so much more noble than the father; for Jonathan saw himself surpassed by David, and yet was his faithful friend, and indeed found one reason for his love in that superiority which David had secured.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The friendship of Jonathan was eminently practical. It did not consist either of fair and flattering words which he uttered, or of a mere luxury of sentiment which be enjoyed. On the very first day of its life it proved its power, by prompting Jonathan to put his royal robes on Davids shoulder, to gird his sword on Davids thigh, and to place his bow in Davids hands; as much as to say, I will give thee of my best. Thou art more of a kings son than I am. These befit thee more than me. There are friendships in the world which cost those who cherish them nothing, and like many other cheap things they are worth just what they cost.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>Jonathans friendship for David was eminently unselfish. It was much that he could do for David; it was but little that David could do for him. Personally, he had no interest in Davids continued life and increasing power; but, speaking after the manner of men, his interest lay in the opposite direction. To Sauls selfish heart this nobleness of love and self-forgetfulness seemed nothing but wilful wickedness and sheer madness. How could he comprehend it?<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>Jonathans friendship had the crowning grace of constancy. It began in the midst of Davids new-born posterity, but it lasted through all his reverses.<\/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: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/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: Church Pulpit Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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