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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Samuel 19:7

And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Intercession;   Jonathan;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Presence;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Friendship;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he did before.
Hebrew Names Version
Yonatan called David, and Yonatan shown him all those things. Yonatan brought David to Sha'ul, and he was in his presence, as before.
King James Version
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
Lexham English Bible
Jonathan called to David and told him all of these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul and he was before him as formerly.
English Standard Version
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
New Century Version
So Jonathan called to David and told him everything that had been said. He brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
New English Translation
Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.
Amplified Bible
So Jonathan called David and told him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence [serving him] as previously.
New American Standard Bible
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly.
Contemporary English Version
Jonathan called to David and told him what Saul had said. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in Saul's army just as he had done before.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'honatan called David and told him all these things. Then Y'honatan brought David to Sha'ul to be in attendance on the king, as before.
Darby Translation
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan declared to him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as previously.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Jonathan called David and told him everything that was said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was with him as in times past.
Good News Translation
So Jonathan called David and told him everything; then he took him to Saul, and David served the king as he had before.
Literal Translation
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was before him as yesterday and the day before.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Ionathas called Dauid, and tolde him all these wordes, and brought him to Saul, so that he was in presence like as afore tyme.
American Standard Version
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jonathan sent for David and gave him word of all these things. And Jonathan took David to Saul, who kept him by his side as in the past.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ionathan called Dauid, & Ionathan shewed hym all those wordes: & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, & he was in his presence as in tymes past.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.
King James Version (1611)
And Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those things: and Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
English Revised Version
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.
Berean Standard Bible
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jonathas clepide Dauid, and schewide to hym alle these wordis. And Jonathas brouyte in Dauid to Saul, and he was bifor hym as `yistirdai and the thridde dai ago.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.
Update Bible Version
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as formerly.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
World English Bible
Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shown him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.
New King James Version
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past.
New Living Translation
Afterward Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in the court as before.
New Life Bible
Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. He brought David to Saul, and David stayed with Saul as before.
New Revised Standard
So Jonathan called David and related all these things to him. Jonathan then brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jonathan called for David, and Jonathan told him all these things, - and Jonathan brought in David unto Saul, and so he was in his presence, as aforetime.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Jonathan called David, and told him all these words: and Jonathan brought in David to Saul, and he was before him, as he had been yesterday and the day before.
Revised Standard Version
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
THE MESSAGE
Jonathan sent for David and reported to him everything that was said. Then he brought David back to Saul and everything was as it was before.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly.

Contextual Overview

1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David. 2 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret. 3 And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee. 4 And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds are very good. 5 And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, As the Lord lives, he shall not die. 7 And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in times past: Heb. yesterday, third day, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 18:2, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 18:13, Genesis 31:2, Exodus 4:10, 1 Chronicles 11:2, Isaiah 30:33, *marg.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:5 - beforetime Psalms 36:3 - The words

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.
Genesis 19:9
And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door.
Genesis 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.
Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Segor.
Genesis 19:24
And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Leviticus 18:22
And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13
And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty.
Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a fornicator of the sons of Israel; there shall not be an idolatress of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be an initiated person of the sons of Israel.
Judges 19:23
And the master of the house came out to them, and said, Nay, brethren, do not ye wrong, I pray you, after this man has come into my house; do not ye this folly.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jonathan called David,.... Out of his lurking place in the field, after Saul was returned home:

and Jonathan showed him all these things: which had passed between him and his father, and particularly the oath he had made that he should not be slain:

and Jonathan brought David to Saul: introduced him at court again, and into the presence chamber of Saul; who, in appearance, received him courteously, and a reconciliation was seemingly made:

and he was in his presence as in times past; when he was first received at court, and in great esteem both with Saul and his courtiers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 19:7. He was in his presence, as in times past. — By Jonathan's advice he had secreted himself on that day on which he was to have been assassinated: the king having sworn that he should not be slain, David resumes his place in the palace of Saul.


 
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