Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 20:20

Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 20:20 - 20:20

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 20:20 - 20:20

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

20:1 - 20:1
20:2 - 20:2
20:3 - 20:3
20:5 - 20:5
20:8 - 20:8
20:10 - 20:10
20:11 - 20:11
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:14 - 20:14
20:20 - 20:20
20:25 - 20:25
20:29 - 20:29
20:30 - 20:30
20:34 - 20:34
20:38 - 20:38
20:40 - 20:40
20:41 - 20:41

I will shoot three arrows - Jonathan intended that David should stay at the stone Ezel, where probably there was some kind of cave, or hiding place; that, to prevent all suspicion, he would not go to him himself, but take his servant into the fields, and pretend to be exercising himself in archery; that he would shoot three arrows, the better to cover his design; and that, if he should say to his servant, who went to bring back the arrows, “The arrows are on this side of thee,” this should be a sign to David that he might safely return to court, no evil being designed; but if he should say, “The arrows are beyond thee,” then David should escape for his life, Saul having determined his destruction.