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July 29, 2016 at 5:08 pm #2035

spencel

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5. I Samuel 23 : 14 (to 1st ,), 16
14 ” And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds,
16 And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.”
As I am learning here, this was a significant part of this relationship. God in the middle. A true sense of fellowship and bond that sustains and supports.

Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose,…. And came from Gibeah, which, according to Bunting (o), was twenty two miles from the place where David was:
and went to David into the wood: having had intelligence where he was, this being a proper place to have an interview with him privately: and strengthened his hand in God; and his heart too, his hand of faith to lay hold on God, as his covenant God and lean and rely upon him; he strengthened him in his power and in his providence, and in his promises to him; the Targum is,”he strengthened him in the Word of the Lord;”not only in his word and promise, but in Christ the essential Word of God, who should spring from him according to the flesh.”

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