1 Samuel 20 · Verse 19

1 Samuel 20:19

And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
1 Samuel 20:19, King James Version

1 Samuel 20:19 in other translations

BSBWhen you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
WEBWhen you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
ASVAnd when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
YLTand on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel.
DARBYbut on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the business, and abide by the stone Ezel.
BBEAnd on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.
WebsterAnd when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

What does 1 Samuel 20:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. when thou hast stayed three days--either with your family at Beth-lehem, or wherever you find it convenient. come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand--Hebrew, "in the day," or "time of the business," when the same matter was under inquiry formerly (1Sa 19:22). remain by the stone Ezel--Hebrew, "the stone of the way"; a sort of milestone which directed travellers. He was to conceal himself in some cave or hiding-place near that spot.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 20:11-23

Jonathan faithfully promises that he would let David know how he found his father affected towards him. It will be kindness to ourselves and to ours, to secure an interest in those whom God favours, and to make his friends ours. True friendship rests on a firm basis, and is able to silence ambition, self-love, and undue regard for others. But who can fully understand the love of Jesus, who gave himself as a…

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1 Samuel 20:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ve.shi.lash.Taand you will do three timesH8027
תֵּרֵ֣דte.Redyou will come downH3381
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
וּבָאתָ֙u.va.Taand you will comeH935
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמָּק֔וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
נִסְתַּ֥רְתָּnis.Tar.tayou hid yourselfH5641
שָּׁ֖םshamthereH8033
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑הha.ma.'a.Sehthe deedH4639
וְיָ֣שַׁבְתָּ֔ve.Ya.shav.taand you will stayH3427
אֵ֖צֶל'E.tzelbesideH681
הָאֶ֥בֶןha.'E.venthe stoneH68
הָאָֽזֶל\׃ha.'A.zel<the> EzelH237

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 20:19

  • 1 Samuel 19:2

    But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • 1 Samuel 20:5

    And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
quickly. or, diligently. Heb. greatly. hide thyself.
5; 19:2
when the business. Heb. in the day of the business. Ezel.or, that sheweth the way.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 20:18

    Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

  • 1 Samuel 20:19

    And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

  • 1 Samuel 20:20

    And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

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1 Samuel 20:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estarás pues tres días, y luego descenderás, y vendrás al lugar donde estabas escondido el día de trabajo, y esperarás junto á la piedra de Ezel;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le troisième jour, tu descendras en hâte, et tu viendras au lieu où tu t’étais caché le jour de l’affaire, et tu demeureras près de la pierre d’Ézel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Am dritten Tage aber steige eilends herab und komm an den Ort, wo du dich verborgen hattest am Tage der Tat, und bleibe neben dem Steine Asel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		requiretur enim sessio tua usque perendie. Descendes ergo festinus, et venies in locum ubi celandus es in die qua operari licet, et sedebis juxta lapidem cui nomen est Ezel.