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1 Samuel 20:1-26

20:1

And David
<01732>

fled
<01272> (8799)

from Naioth
<05121>

in Ramah
<07414>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

before
<06440>

Jonathan
<03083>_,

What have I done
<06213> (8804)_?

what [is] mine iniquity
<05771>_?

and what [is] my sin
<02403>

before
<06440>

thy father
<01>_,

that he seeketh
<01245> (8764)

my life
<05315>_?

20:2

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, God forbid
<02486>_;

thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_:

behold, my father
<01>

will do
<06213> (8799) (8675) <06213> (8804)

nothing
<01697>

either great
<01419>

or small
<06996>_,

but that he will shew
<01540> (8799) <0241>

it me: and why should my father
<01>

hide
<05641> (8686)

this thing
<01697>

from me? it [is] not [so]. {shew...: Heb. uncover mine ear}

20:3

And David
<01732>

sware
<07650> (8735)

moreover, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy father
<01>

certainly
<03045> (8800)

knoweth
<03045> (8804)

that I have found
<04672> (8804)

grace
<02580>

in thine eyes
<05869>_;

and he saith
<0559> (8799)_,

Let not Jonathan
<03083>

know
<03045> (8799)

this, lest he be grieved
<06087> (8735)_:

but truly
<0199>

[as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

and [as] thy soul
<05315>

liveth
<02416>_,

[there is] but a step
<06587>

between me and death
<04194>_.

20:4

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Jonathan
<03083>

unto David
<01732>_,

Whatsoever thy soul
<05315>

desireth
<0559> (8799)_,

I will even do
<06213> (8799)

[it] for thee. {Whatsoever...: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc} {desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh}

20:5

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jonathan
<03083>_,

Behold, to morrow
<04279>

[is] the new moon
<02320>_,

and I should not fail
<03427> (8800)

to sit
<03427> (8799)

with the king
<04428>

at meat
<0398> (8800)_:

but let me go
<07971> (8765)_,

that I may hide
<05641> (8738)

myself in the field
<07704>

unto the third
<07992>

[day] at even
<06153>_.

20:6

If thy father
<01>

at all
<06485> (8800)

miss
<06485> (8799)

me, then say
<0559> (8804)_,

David
<01732>

earnestly
<07592> (8736)

asked
<07592> (8738)

[leave] of me that he might run
<07323> (8800)

to Bethlehem
<01035>

his city
<05892>_:

for [there is] a yearly
<03117>

sacrifice
<02077>

there for all the family
<04940>_.

{sacrifice: or, feast}

20:7

If he say
<0559> (8799)

thus, [It is] well
<02896>_;

thy servant
<05650>

shall have peace
<07965>_:

but if he be very
<02734> (8800)

wroth
<02734> (8799)_,

[then] be sure
<03045> (8798)

that evil
<07451>

is determined
<03615> (8804)

by him.

20:8

Therefore thou shalt deal
<06213> (8804)

kindly
<02617>

with thy servant
<05650>_;

for thou hast brought
<0935> (8689)

thy servant
<05650>

into a covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>

with thee: notwithstanding, if there be
<03426>

in me iniquity
<05771>_,

slay
<04191> (8685)

me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring
<0935> (8686)

me to thy father
<01>_?

20:9

And Jonathan
<03083>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Far be it from thee
<02486>_:

for if I knew
<03045> (8799)

certainly
<03045> (8800)

that evil
<07451>

were determined
<03615> (8804)

by my father
<01>

to come
<0935> (8800)

upon thee, then would not I tell
<05046> (8686)

it thee?

20:10

Then said
<0559> (8799)

David
<01732>

to Jonathan
<03083>_,

Who shall tell
<05046> (8686)

me? or what [if] thy father
<01>

answer
<06030> (8799)

thee roughly
<07186>_?

20:11

And Jonathan
<03083>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto David
<01732>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and let us go out
<03318> (8799)

into the field
<07704>_.

And they went out
<03318> (8799)

both
<08147>

of them into the field
<07704>_.

20:12

And Jonathan
<03083>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto David
<01732>_,

O LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

when I have sounded
<02713> (8799)

my father
<01>

about to morrow
<04279>

any time
<06256>_,

[or] the third
<07992>

[day], and, behold, [if there be] good
<02895> (8804)

toward David
<01732>_,

and I then send
<07971> (8799)

not unto thee, and shew
<01540> (8804) <0241>

it thee; {sounded: Heb. searched} {shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear}

20:13

The LORD
<03068>

do
<06213> (8799)

so
<03541>

and much more
<03254> (8686)

to Jonathan
<03083>_:

but if it please
<03190> (8686)

my father
<01>

[to do] thee evil
<07451>_,

then I will shew
<01540> (8804) <0241>

it thee, and send thee away
<07971> (8765)_,

that thou mayest go
<01980> (8804)

in peace
<07965>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

be with thee, as he hath been with my father
<01>_.

{shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear}

20:14

And thou shalt not only while yet
<0518>

I live
<02416>

shew
<06213> (8799)

me the kindness
<02617>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

that I die
<04191> (8799)

not:

20:15

But [also] thou shalt not cut off
<03772> (8686)

thy kindness
<02617>

from my house
<01004>

for
<05704>

ever
<05769>_:

no, not when the LORD
<03068>

hath cut off
<03772> (8687)

the enemies
<0341> (8802)

of David
<01732>

every one
<0376>

from the face
<06440>

of the earth
<0127>_.

20:16

So Jonathan
<03083>

made
<03772> (8799)

[a covenant] with the house
<01004>

of David
<01732>_,

[saying], Let the LORD
<03068>

even require
<01245> (8765)

[it] at the hand
<03027>

of David's
<01732>

enemies
<0341> (8802)_.

{made: Heb. cut}

20:17

And Jonathan
<03083>

caused David
<01732>

to swear
<07650> (8687)

again
<03254> (8686)_,

because he loved
<0160>

him: for he loved
<0157> (8804)

him as he loved
<0160>

his own soul
<05315>_.

{because...: or, by his love toward him}

20:18

Then Jonathan
<03083>

said
<0559> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

To morrow
<04279>

[is] the new moon
<02320>_:

and thou shalt be missed
<06485> (8738)_,

because thy seat
<04186>

will be empty
<06485> (8735)_.

{empty: Heb. missed}

20:19

And [when] thou hast stayed three days
<08027> (8765)_,

[then] thou shalt go down
<03381> (8799)

quickly
<03966>_,

and come
<0935> (8804)

to the place
<04725>

where thou didst hide
<05641> (8738)

thyself when
<03117>

the business
<04639>

was [in hand], and shalt remain
<03427> (8804)

by
<0681>

the stone
<068>

Ezel
<0237>_.

{quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly} {Ezel: or, that sheweth the way} {when the...: Heb. in the day of the business}

20:20

And I will shoot
<03384> (8686)

three
<07969>

arrows
<02671>

on the side
<06654>

[thereof], as though I shot
<07971> (8763)

at a mark
<04307>_.

20:21

And, behold, I will send
<07971> (8799)

a lad
<05288>_,

[saying], Go
<03212> (8798)_,

find out
<04672> (8798)

the arrows
<02671>_.

If I expressly
<0559> (8800)

say
<0559> (8799)

unto the lad
<05288>_,

Behold, the arrows
<02671>

[are] on this side of thee, take
<03947> (8798)

them; then come
<0935> (8798)

thou: for [there is] peace
<07965>

to thee, and no hurt
<01697>_;

[as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_.

{no hurt: Heb. not any thing}

20:22

But if I say
<0559> (8799)

thus unto the young man
<05958>_,

Behold, the arrows
<02671>

[are] beyond
<01973>

thee; go thy way
<03212> (8798)_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath sent thee away
<07971> (8765)_.

20:23

And [as touching] the matter
<01697>

which thou and I have spoken
<01696> (8765)

of, behold, the LORD
<03068>

[be] between thee and me for
<05704>

ever
<05769>_.

20:24

So David
<01732>

hid
<05641> (8735)

himself in the field
<07704>_:

and when the new moon
<02320>

was come, the king
<04428>

sat him down
<03427> (8799)

to eat
<0398> (8800)

meat
<03899>_.

20:25

And the king
<04428>

sat
<03427> (8799)

upon his seat
<04186>_,

as at other times
<06471>_,

[even] upon a seat
<04186>

by the wall
<07023>_:

and Jonathan
<03083>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and Abner
<074>

sat
<03427> (8799)

by Saul's
<07586>

side
<06654>_,

and David's
<01732>

place
<04725>

was empty
<06485> (8735)_.

20:26

Nevertheless Saul
<07586>

spake
<01696> (8765)

not any thing
<03972>

that day
<03117>_:

for he thought
<0559> (8804)_,

Something hath befallen
<04745>

him, he [is] not
<01115>

clean
<02889>_;

surely he [is] not clean
<02889>_.