The Meaning of 1 Samuel 23:18 Explained

1 Samuel 23:18

KJV: And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

YLT: And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

Darby: And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

ASV: And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 23:18?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 23:18?

What does 1 Samuel 23:18 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 23:15-29 - A Relentless Pursuit Foiled

Amid outward strife, God is sure to provide some rill of human love-a tender friendship, a Jonathan. See Psalms 106:46. This is the mission of a friend-to strengthen our hands in God, whisper words of hope, and enter into renewed covenants with us. Is not this what our best Friend does? He finds us out in the deepest woods, and whispers His Fear not. There is no hunted soul to whom Jesus will not come to pour in the oil and wine of His presence.

Let us always strengthen our friends' hands in God. We sometimes weaken their good resolutions by our timid entreaties, as Peter did when he urged the Lord to spare Himself, Matthew 16:22. No, you must always help your friend to be his noblest and strongest. The angel strengthened the Redeemer in the garden. The one word for us to pass on is, "O man, greatly beloved, fear not; peace be unto thee; be strong, yea, be strong," Daniel 10:19.

The Ziphites made a direct bid for Saul's favor, but their plot miscarried. When a man puts his life into God's hands, he has no need to fear "the arrow by day nor the terror by night." Whatever difficulties threaten him, there is ever a way of escape. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 23

¹ David, enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescues Keilah
⁷ God showing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites,
¹³ he escapes from Keilah
¹⁴ In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
¹⁹ The Ziphites discover him to Saul
²⁵ At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines
²⁹ He dwells at En Gedi

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 23:18 mean?

So made the two of them a covenant before Yahweh and stayed David in the woods and Jonathan went to his own house -

וַיִּכְרְת֧וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם בְּרִ֖ית לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן הָלַ֥ךְ לְבֵיתֽוֹ ס

וַיִּכְרְת֧וּ	So made
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: כָּרַת Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם	the two of them
Parse: Number, mdc, third person masculine plural Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
בְּרִ֖ית	a covenant
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: בְּרִית Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
לִפְנֵ֣י	before
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
יְהוָ֑ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב	and stayed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
דָּוִד֙	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה	in the woods
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: חֹרֶשׁ Sense: wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area.
וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן	and Jonathan
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהֹונָתָן Sense: a son of king Saul and a friend of David.
הָלַ֥ךְ	went
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
לְבֵיתֽוֹ	to his own house
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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