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1 Samuel 20

1 Sam. 20:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jonathan
Yhownathan (Hebrew #3083)
Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Jonathan. Compare 3129.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Origin: from 3068 and 5414
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, Whereforea shall he be slain
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
? what hath he done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
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1 Sam. 19:5• 5for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause? (1 Sam. 19:5)
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Prov. 31:8‑9• 8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy. (Prov. 31:8‑9)
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Matt. 27:23• 23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified. (Matt. 27:23)

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Wherefore.
1 Sam. 19:5• 5for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause? (1 Sam. 19:5)
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Prov. 24:11‑12• 11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work. (Prov. 24:11‑12)
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Prov. 31:8‑9• 8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy. (Prov. 31:8‑9)
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John 7:51• 51Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does? (John 7:51)
what hath.
Matt. 27:23• 23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified. (Matt. 27:23)
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Luke 23:22• 22And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him. (Luke 23:22)
cast.
1 Sam. 18:11• 11And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice. (1 Sam. 18:11)
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1 Sam. 19:10‑11• 10And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.
 11And Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be put to death. (1 Sam. 19:10‑11)
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Prov. 22:24• 24Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man; (Prov. 22:24)
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Eccl. 9:3• 3This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead. (Eccl. 9:3)
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Jer. 17:9• 9The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it? (Jer. 17:9)
whereby.
1 Sam. 20:7• 7If he say thus, It is well,--thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him. (1 Sam. 20:7)
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Eccl. 7:9• 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:9)
• David, who is such a precious type of Christ, also receives this public testimony before Saul through Jonathan’s mouth: “Why should he be put to death? what has he done?” (1 Sam. 20:32). What a privilege it is for the believer to have through the Holy Spirit the possibility of copying the Lord in this, as in every other thing. (“1 Samuel 20” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?