1 Samuël 18:4

Staten Vertaling

En Jonathan deed zijn mantel af, dien hij aan had, en gaf hem aan David, ook zijn klederen, ja, tot zijn zwaard toe, en tot zijn boog toe, en tot zijn gordel toe.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
en Jonathan trok zijnen rok uit, dien hij aanhad, en gaf dien aan David, daarenboven zijnen mantel, zijn zwaard, zijnen boog en zijnen gordel.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Derhalve deed hij den mantel dien hij om had af en gaf dien aan David, desgelijks zijn klederen met zwaard, boog en gordel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stripped himself: Presents of clothes or rich robes, as tokens of respect or friendship, are frequent in the East. Genesis 41:42, Esther 6:8, Esther 6:9, Isaiah 61:10, Luke 15:22, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 2:7, Philippians 2:8

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:22 - the bow Isaiah 22:21 - clothe Ezekiel 23:15 - with girdles

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that [was] upon him,.... As a token of his hearty love and true friendship, and that David might appear at court not in the habit of a shepherd, but in that of a prince:

and gave it to David, and his garments; his other garments besides his robe, and so clothed him from tip to toe, and which fitted him; for as there was a similarity in their souls, and the disposition of them, so in the make and hulk of their bodies, and in the stature of them:

even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle; these he gave him to accoutre himself with, that he might appear as a soldier, as well as like a prince, and as another Jonathan, or rather the same; that they might seem as one, as alike in body, so in garb and habit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 18:4. Jonathan stripped himself — Presents of clothes or rich robes, in token of respect and friendship, are frequent in the East. And how frequently arms and clothing were presented by warriors to each other in token of friendship, may be seen in Homer and other ancient writers.