When the boy came to the place of the shot arrow (i.e., to the place to which the arrow had flown), Jonathan called after him, "See, the arrow is (lies) away from thee, farther off;" and again, "Quickly, haste, do not stand still," that he might not see David, who was somewhere near; and the boy picked up the arrow and came to his lord. The Chethibh החצי is evidently the original reading, and the singular is to be understood as in 1 Samuel 20:37; the Keri החצּים is an emendation, according to the meaning of the words. The writer here introduces the remark in 1 Samuel 20:39, that the boy knew nothing of what had been arranged between Jonathan and David.

1 Samuel 21:3 Parallel Commentaries

under thine

1 Samuel 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread...

Judges 9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army...

Isaiah 3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be you our ruler...

present [heb] found