23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramiah » and the ſpirit of God was upon him alſo b, and he wenton, and propheſied until ke came to Naioth in Ramah :
. b It came upon him in the way ; whereas it Came-not upon his Meſſengers till chey came to the place. hereby God would con- vince Saul of the Vanity of all his Deſigns agaifiſt David; and that in them he fought againſt God - gray ; -
24 And he ftript off his clothes c alfo 4, and pro-
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phets & ? ;
c To wit, his Military or Royal Garments : which he did; either that be might ſuir himfelf and his habit to the reſt of the company; or, becauſe his mind being altogerher raken up with Divine things, he did not underſtand nor heed what he did. d This implies, that the Meſſengers which he ſent, who probably were Military Per« {ons, had done ſo before him. e This doth not contradi& 1 Sam. I5. 35. where it is faid, that Samuel came no more t0 ſee Saul : fo! here
ſurprize David. f As the reſt of the Prophets rhere did. g Heb. felt, to wit, down upon tre Earth; for bis Mind being in an Extaſie, he had not the uſe of his Senſes or Motion, as he, Numb. 24. 4. Godſo ordering it, that David might have an opportunity toeſcape. h i. e. Stript off his upp:r Garments, as was faid b:fore, and as the | word Naked is ofc uſed, as Iſa, 20, 2. Mich. 1. 8. See allo 2 Sem. 6. 20, Joh, 2t.7, Andit is here repeated to ſignifie how long he lay in that poſture. + Se God kept him as it were with Chains, till Da- vid was got out of his reach. k The ſame Proverb which was takers up upon a like occaſion, 1 Saw. Io. 82. is here remembred and re- v»ved upon this new occaſion, as an Evidence of Gods wonderful care over David ; he made him! in ſome fort a Prophet, that he mighe
anake David a King. :
| CH AP. XX.
David complain:th to Jonathan of Saul : he comfortath hint: can hardly be+s lieve what David ſaith of his father : promiſeth to giv+ him notice how his abſence was takan : they renew a covenant of friendſhip, and (wear to each ether, 1, 17: Their ſign, 18, 23. Saul acketh for David at the fealt of the new minon, 24,—27: Jonathan excufeth David : Saul incenſed kereat revil:th Jonathan, and aketh to kill him, 28 ,- 34-
Jonachan advertiſeth David, 35,——40, They part with tears, 41, 42. | ND David fied 2 from Naioth in Ramah 4, and | came and faid before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity ? and what js my fin ber fore thy father c, that he ſeeketh my Þ life 4?
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pheſied before Samuel e in like manner f, and + lay + Heb!
7 pr þ all rhat day, and all that night ; :#*0. wherefore they fay, * Is Saul allo among the pro- Nun. 4.
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Saul goes to Samuel, and thar not with deſign to ſee him, bur to '
+ Heb. a Whilſt Sal Jay in an Extaſie. 5 To Gibeah where Jonathan ſul.
thap. XX. | | m2 wich? &@ To wir, to deſtroy it, | pay Phraſe is of uſed, as chap. 22. 23. Pal. 38. 12. and 54. 3. and 63. 9+ | |
. 'And he fair unto him, God forbid ; thou ſhalt not lþ- die e: behold, my father will do nothing either - ib Wt: ſmall, but that he will | ſhew it me: and why thoul
CO Ver = 1? . ” ? it is nort {0. Wh ither hide this thing IrTom Me: 1 | _— facl Intereſt with my Father ; ner doth he
*311] ſecure thee by my | do Fhhgk —_ rhee; £4 c Hem he doth in his frantick ORONT ro be impured to him ; and when he comes to himſelf, I doubt nor
ro reconcile thee to him. For Jonathan gave credit to 18 ry per Oath, chap. 19. 6. and the worthieſt Minds are leaſt ſuſpicious, an as | . . .
moſt charitable in their Opinions of others. : ie 2 And David ſware f moreover, and ſaid, Thy fa- ther certainly knoweth that I have found _ grace 16
. and he ſaid, Let not Jonathan know this. ſt he WE tevad | but truly as the LORD liveth, and 2 thy ſoul liverh, here 15 but a ſtep berween me and
death. f The matter being of great moment, and Jonathan doubtingthe
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& : UNco a Do tihcu hear and jndge between us. Tt 1s an abrupt Speech, ;;,
be good toward David, and I then ſer:d not unto thee and } ſhew it thee ;
which 15 uiual in great Paſſions,
13 The LORD do fo, and much more to Jonathan: but if it plezſe my ſather to do thee evil, then I will ſhew it thee, and ſend thee away, that thou mayeſt go in peace; and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father b.
b TheLord give thee that Honour and Snccefs in all thy Affairs which he hath given to my Father. J-nathan undoubredly knew ot Samuels final and irrevocable Sentence of Sauls RejeCtion from the Kingdom, and of the Subſtitution of ſome other Perſon afrer God's own Heart in his flead; and that David was this Perſon, h« might frongly ſuſpc& ( thar which even Saul ſuſpe&ed ) both from his <m1cnt Piety, and Wiſdom, and Valour, and univerſal Worth, and from the great things which God had done, both by him, and for him, in preſerving and advanced him by ſuch unuſual Methods; and .it is moſt likely that Jonathan did ask David abour it, and that
hich follows In ir, he confirms bis word with an Oath, w ed oe Ph Verſe. On'y heinterpoſceth a reaſon why Saul con-
ccaled it from Jonathan. | [ft or, ſay og” Then ſaid Jonathan unto David, || Whatſoever
| 1 7 hee. FEhat isth» thy ſoul + deſireth ge, I will even do it for t mind, and 4 To _ for the diſcevery of the truth, and for the preſervati- {wil do,S&c. on of thy life.
T Speaketh, © And David ſaid unto Jonathan, Beho!d, to mor- | or thinketh, C0, :; the new moon þ, and I ſhould nor tail to fit | with the king atmeat i: bur let me go, that I may hide
7 ird day k at even. my ſzIf in the fields, unto the third day
4 Which was a Golan 2nd Feſtival time, as among the —_ ind other Heathens, ſo alſo with the Hebrews, who folemnizcd 1t with offering Peace-offeripgs to Ged, and Feaſting together __ the remainders of it. after the manner- See Numb, 10. 10. and ; 18. Pſal. 81.3. i Thenheuſethto expe& my company aboveorner times. & i. e. Unto the next day bur one after the new m_—__ as appears by comparing V. 19. 27- 35- His meaning 1s not, that 1c ſhould hide himſelf in any certain place all the three Days, bur that he ſhould ſecure himſelf eicher at Berklehom with his Friends, or 1 any other place till the third Day. 5%