1 Samuel 20:31

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Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

send: 1 Samuel 20:8, 1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 19:11-15

shall surely die: Heb. is the son of death, 1 Samuel 26:16, 2 Samuel 19:28, Psalms 79:11, *marg.

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Genesis 23:2 - Kirjatharba 1 Samuel 14:39 - General 1 Samuel 18:8 - and what 1 Samuel 22:16 - Thou shalt 1 Samuel 23:17 - that also Saul 1 Samuel 24:20 - I know well 2 Samuel 12:5 - shall surely die 1 Kings 12:13 - answered 2 Chronicles 10:16 - the son Psalms 35:12 - spoiling Psalms 119:23 - Princes Proverbs 19:19 - man Proverbs 29:10 - The bloodthirsty Jonah 4:10 - came up in a night Matthew 1:6 - Jesse Matthew 27:23 - Why Luke 3:32 - was the son of Jesse

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom,.... He would not, though heir to the crown, be sure of it; it would be precarious to him, he would be in great danger of being deprived of it on the death of his father; and therefore it would be his highest wisdom to deliver David up to be slain, as it was his greatest folly to protect him, and provide for his satiety:

wherefore now send and fetch him unto me; send to Bethlehem for him to come to court directly:

for he shall surely die; or he is "the son of death" g; guilty of death, as the Targum, deserves to die, and Saul was determined upon his death if possible.

g בן מות "filius mortis", V. L. Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator; "reus mortis", Junius & Tremellius.