1 Samuel 20:31

For + 20:31 Gr. all the days that. so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, your kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he + 20:31 Gr. is a son of death. shall surely die.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

In Context

30And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, You son of + 20:30 Lit. deserting in a military sense. traitorous damsels! for do I not know that you are an accomplice with the son of Jessae to your shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?

32And Jonathan answered Saul, Why + 20:32 Gr. does he die. is he to die? What has he done?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:11And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to kill him in the morning; and Melchol + 19:11 Gr. his wife sent to David. David's wife told him, saying, Unless you save your life this night, to-morrow you shall be slain.

1 Samuel 26:16And this thing is not good which you have done. As the Lord lives, you⌃ are + 26:16 Gr. sons of slaughter. worthy of death, you⌃ who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head?

Psalms 79:11It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river. 1

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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