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Jerome's Latin Vulgate

3 Regum 20:40

Dedit ergo Jonathas arma sua puero, et dixit ei: Vade, et defer in civitatem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Arrow;   Artillery;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Artillery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Artillery;   David;   Fortification and Siegecraft;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Artillery;   Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Jonathan;   Obsolete or obscure words in the english av bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Artillery;   Text of the Old Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Dedit ergo Jonathas arma sua puero, et dixit ei : Vade, et defer in civitatem.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
Dedit igitur Ionathan arma sua puero et dixit ei: "Vade, defer in civitatem".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

artillery: Heb. instruments, Rather weapons, as the word kelim also denotes; and here means the bow, quiver, and arrows. This is probably the only place in our language in which the word artillery is not applied to cannon or ordinance, but simply to weapons of war.

his lad: Heb. the lad that was his

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad,.... "His vessels" l or instruments; his arms, as the Targum, his quiver, bow, and arrows:

and said unto him, go, carry [them] to the city; to Gibeah, to Jonathan's house, or to his apartments at court there.

l את כליו "vasa sua", Montanus; "instrumenta sua", Piscator; "arma sua", V. L. Tigurine version.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 20:40. Jonathan gave his artillery — I believe this to be the only place in our language where the word artillery is not applied to cannon or ordnance. The original (כלי keley) signifies simply instruments, and here means the bow, quiver, and arrows.


 
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