1 Samuel 20:34

So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

In Context

33And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

35And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field, according to the appointment with David, and a little boy with him.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:20Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.

Ephesians 4:26Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:25-35

Jonathan Excuses David to Saul. ( b. c. 1058.) 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of… Read the whole commentary →

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