38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. …
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not,(let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: …
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: …
In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. …
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-42)Here is, 1. Jonathan’s faithful performance of his promise to give David notice of the success of his dangerous experiment. He went at the time and to the place appointed (1 Sam. 20:35), within sight of which he knew David lay hid, sent his footboy to fetch his arrows, which he would shoot at random (1 Sam. 20:36), and gave David the fatal signal by shooting an arrow beyond the lad (1 Sam. 20:37):…
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