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Text -- 1 Samuel 20:1-6 (NET)
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Jonathan Seeks to Protect David
20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah . He came to Jonathan and asked , “What have I done ? What is my offense ? How have I sinned before your father ? For he is seeking my life !”
20:2 Jonathan said to him, “By no means are you going to die ! My father does nothing large or small without making me aware of it. Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”
20:3 Taking an oath , David again said , “Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought , ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this , or he will be upset .’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live , there is about one step between me and death !”
20:4 Jonathan replied to David , “Tell me what I can do for you .”
20:5 David said to Jonathan , “Tomorrow is the new moon , and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal . You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.
20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say , ‘David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem , for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family .’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Friendship |
JONATHAN (2) |
JESSE |
Jonathan |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Love |
Influence |
Oath |
Naioth |
NEW MOON |
EAR |
Death |
TRICLINIUM |
BANQUETS |
Feasts |
MEALS |
SANCTUARY |
Life |
PALESTINE, 2 |
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NET Notes: 1Sa 20:5 Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
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