Teks -- 1 Samuel 18:4 (NET)

18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

JFB: 1Sa 18:4 - Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David

To receive any part of the dress which had been worn by a sovereign, or his eldest son and heir, is deemed, in the East, the highest honor which can be conferred on a subject (see on Est 6:8). The girdle, being connected with the sword and the bow, may be considered as being part of the military dress, and great value is attached to it in the East.

Clarke: 1Sa 18:4 - Jonathan stripped himself

Jonathan stripped himself - Presents of clothes or rich robes, in token of respect and friendship, are frequent in the East. And how frequently arms and clothing were presented by warriors to each other in token of friendship, may be seen in Homer and other ancient writers.

Defender: 1Sa 18:4 - gave it to David

The practice of bestowing one's garments and weapons upon another is known from archaeological discoveries to have symbolized the transfer of one's position to another. Jonathan evidently knew that God, through Samuel, had chosen David to be the next king over Israel instead of himself (1Sa 16:1, 1Sa 16:13), and he gladly accepted this as God's will."

TSK: 1Sa 18:4 - stripped himself

stripped himself : Presents of clothes or rich robes, as tokens of respect or friendship, are frequent in the East. Gen 41:42; Est 6:8, Est 6:9; Isa 61:10; Luk 15:22; 2Co 5:21; Phi 2:7, Phi 2:8

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 1Sa 18:4

Partly as a pledge of his great respect and affection to him; and partly to vindicate David from that contempt which might cleave to him for his former pastoral habit and condition, and to put him into a habit suitable to his present greatness and glory.

Haydock: 1Sa 18:4 - Girdle

Girdle, which perhaps was of great value, Job xii. 18. He wished that David should lay aside his shepherd's dress, and appear like himself at court, that all might know how much he loved him. (Menochius)

Gill: 1Sa 18:4 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him // and gave it to David, and his garments // even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him,.... As a token of his hearty love and true friendship, and that David might appear at court not in the habit of a shepherd, but in that of a prince:

and gave it to David, and his garments; his other garments besides his robe, and so clothed him from tip to toe, and which fitted him; for as there was a similarity in their souls, and the disposition of them, so in the make and hulk of their bodies, and in the stature of them:

even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle; these he gave him to accoutre himself with, that he might appear as a soldier, as well as like a prince, and as another Jonathan, or rather the same; that they might seem as one, as alike in body, so in garb and habit.