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A Sincere Plea of Innocence
Commentators emphasize that David's questions to Jonathan are a sincere expression of his confusion and innocence. He genuinely does not understand what he has done to provoke Saul's murderous rage. Scholars note that this theme of a righteous man being unjustly persecuted appears in many of David's Psalms.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 20:1
18th Century
Theologian
While Saul was under the constraining influence of the spirit of prophecy, David escaped from Naioth and, probably by Samuel’s advice, returned to …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 20:1
19th Century
Bishop
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan. —The strange course of events in the prophetic sc…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 20:1
19th Century
Preacher
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy …
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 20:1
17th Century
Pastor
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah
While Saul was prophesying, or lay in a trance there:
and cam…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 20:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The trials David met with prepared him for future advancement. In this way, the Lord deals with those whom He prepares for glory. He does not put t…