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So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
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Verse 34. Great. Lit. “in the anger of fury.” Bible.—Him, either David or Jonathan. Calmet.—Indeed the crime of rebellion had been imputed to both. Bible.—Jonathan was grieved on account of the affront and danger ( Menochius.) to which he had been publicly exposed, as well as for his friend, upon whose destruction he perceived that his father was now deliberately bent, and not merely during his fits of madness.—Confusion. Septuagint “because his father had completed his malice against him;” ( Bible.) or, “had resolved to make an end of him.” Calmet.
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