1 Samuel 20

1 ♥ 📝 A nd David^H1732 fled^H1272 from Naioth^H5121 in Ramah,^H7414 and came^H935 and said^H559 before^H6440 Jonathan,^H3083 What have I done?^H6213 what is mine iniquity?^H5771 and what is my sin^H2403 before^H6440 thy father,^H1 that he seeketh^H1245 my life?^H5315

2 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto him, Far from it;^H2486 thou shalt not die:^H4191 behold, my father^H1 doeth^H6213 nothing^H1697 either great^H1419 or small,^H6996 but that he discloseth^H1540 it unto me; and why should my father^H1 hide^H5641 this thing^H1697 from me? it is not so.

3 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 sware^H7650 moreover, and said,^H559 Thy father^H1 knoweth^H3045 well^H3045 that I have found^H4672 favor^H2580 in thine eyes;^H5869 and he saith,^H559 Let not Jonathan^H3083 know^H3045 this, lest he be grieved:^H6087 but truly^H199 as Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 and as thy soul^H5315 liveth,^H2416 there is but a step^H6587 between me and death.^H4194

4 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Jonathan^H3083 unto David,^H1732 Whatsoever thy soul^H5315 desireth,^H559 I will even do^H6213 it for thee.

5 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto Jonathan,^H3083 Behold, to-morrow^H4279 is the new moon,^H2320 and I should not fail^H3427 to sit^H3427 with the king^H4428 at meat:^H398 but let me go,^H7971 that I may hide^H5641 myself in the field^H7704 unto the third^H7992 day at even.^H6153

6 ♥ 📝 If thy father^H1 miss^H6485 me at all,^H6485 then say,^H559 David^H1732 earnestly^H7592 asked^H7592 leave of me that he might run^H7323 to Beth-lehem^H1035 his city;^H5892 for it is the yearly^H3117 sacrifice^H2077 there for all the family.^H4940

7 ♥ 📝 If he say^H559 thus, It is well;^H2896 thy servant^H5650 shall have peace:^H7965 but if he be^H2734 wroth,^H2734 then know^H3045 that evil^H7451 is determined^H3615 by him.

8 ♥ 📝 Therefore deal^H6213 kindly^H2617 with thy servant;^H5650 for thou hast brought^H935 thy servant^H5650 into a covenant^H1285 of Jehovah^H3068 with thee: but if there be^H3426 in me iniquity,^H5771 slay^H4191 me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring^H935 me to thy father?^H1

9 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 said,^H559 Far be it from thee;^H2486 for if I should at all^H3045 know^H3045 that evil^H7451 were determined^H3615 by my father^H1 to come^H935 upon thee, then would not I tell^H5046 it thee?

10 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 David^H1732 to Jonathan,^H3083 Who shall tell^H5046 me if perchance thy father^H1 answer^H6030 thee roughly?^H7186

11 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 said^H559 unto David,^H1732 Come,^H3212 and let us go out^H3318 into the field.^H7704 And they went out^H3318 both^H8147 of them into the field.^H7704

12 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 said^H559 unto David,^H1732 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 [be witness]: when I have sounded^H2713 my father^H1 about this time^H6256 to-morrow,^H4279 [or] the third^H7992 day,^H6256 behold, if there be good^H2895 toward David,^H1732 shall I not then send^H7971 unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

13 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 do^H6213 so^H3541 to Jonathan,^H3083 and more^H3254 also, should it please^H3190 my father^H1 to do thee evil,^H7451 if I disclose^H1540 it not unto thee, and send thee away,^H7971 that thou mayest go^H1980 in peace:^H7965 and Jehovah^H3068 be with thee, as he hath been with my father.^H1

14 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt not only while yet^H518 I live^H2416 show^H6213 me the lovingkindness^H2617 of Jehovah,^H3068 that I die^H4191 not;

15 ♥ 📝 but also thou shalt not cut off^H3772 thy kindness^H2617 from my house^H1004 for^H5704 ever;^H5769 no, not when Jehovah^H3068 hath cut off^H3772 the enemies^H341 of David^H1732 every one^H376 from the face^H6440 of the earth.^H127

16 ♥ 📝 So Jonathan^H3083 made^H3772 a covenant with the house^H1004 of David,^H1732 [saying], And Jehovah^H3068 will require^H1245 it at the hand^H3027 of David's^H1732 enemies.^H341

17 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 caused David^H1732 to swear^H7650 again,^H3254 for the love^H160 that he had to him; for he loved^H160 him as he loved^H160 his own soul.^H5315

18 ♥ 📝 Then Jonathan^H3083 said^H559 unto him,^H1732 To-morrow^H4279 is the new moon:^H2320 and thou wilt be missed,^H6485 because thy seat^H4186 will be empty.^H6485

19 ♥ 📝 And when thou hast stayed three days,^H8027 thou shalt go down^H3381 quickly,^H3966 and come^H935 to the place^H4725 where thou didst hide^H5641 thyself when^H3117 the business^H4639 was in hand, and shalt remain^H3427 by^H681 the stone^H68 Ezel.^H237

20 ♥ 📝 And I will shoot^H3384 three^H7969 arrows^H2671 on the side^H6654 thereof, as though I shot^H7971 at a mark.^H4307

21 ♥ 📝 And, behold, I will send^H7971 the lad,^H5288 [saying],^H559 Go,^H3212 find^H4672 the arrows.^H2671 If I say^H559 unto the lad,^H5288 Behold, the arrows^H2671 are on this side of thee; take^H3947 them, and come;^H935 for there is peace^H7965 to thee and [ no hurt,]^H1697 [as Jehovah]^H3068 [liveth.]^H2416

22 ♥ 📝 [But if I say]^H559 [thus unto the boy,]^H5958 [Behold, the arrows]^H2671 [are beyond]^H1973 [thee; go thy way;]^H3212 [for Jehovah]^H3068 [hath sent thee away.]^H7971

23 ♥ 📝 [And as touching the matter]^H1697 [which thou and I have spoken]^H1696 [of, behold, Jehovah]^H3068 [is between thee and me for]^H5704 [ever.]^H5769

24 ♥ 📝 [So David]^H1732 [hid]^H5641 [himself in the field:]^H7704 [and when the new moon]^H2320 [was come, the king]^H4428 [sat him down]^H3427 [to eat]^H398 [food.]^H3899

25 ♥ 📝 [And the king]^H4428 [sat]^H3427 [upon his seat,]^H4186 [as at other times,]^H6471 [even upon the seat]^H4186 [by the wall;]^H7023 [and Jonathan]^H3083 [stood up,]^H6965 [and Abner]^H74 [sat]^H3427 [by Saul's]^H7586 [side:]^H6654 [but David's]^H1732 [place]^H4725 [was empty.]^H6485

26 ♥ 📝 [Nevertheless Saul]^H7586 [spake]^H1696 [not anything]^H3972 [that day:]^H3117 [for he thought,]^H559 [Something hath befallen]^H4745 [him, he is not]^H1115 [clean;]^H2889 [surely he is not clean.]^H2889

27 ♥ 📝 [And it came to pass on the morrow]^H4283 [after the new moon,]^H2320 [which was] the second^H8145 [day], that David's^H1732 place^H4725 was empty:^H6485 and Saul^H7586 said^H559 unto Jonathan^H3083 his son,^H1121 Wherefore cometh^H935 not the son^H1121 of Jesse^H3448 to meat,^H3899 neither yesterday,^H8543 nor to-day?^H3117

28 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 answered^H6030 Saul,^H7586 David^H1732 earnestly^H7592 asked^H7592 leave of me^H5978 to go to Beth-lehem:^H1035

29 ♥ 📝 and he said,^H559 Let me go,^H7971 I pray thee; for our family^H4940 hath a sacrifice^H2077 in the city;^H5892 and my brother,^H251 he hath commanded^H6680 me [to be there]: and now, if I have found^H4672 favor^H2580 in thine eyes,^H5869 let me get away,^H4422 I pray thee, and see^H7200 my brethren.^H251 Therefore he is not come^H935 unto the king's^H4428 table.^H7979

30 ♥ 📝 Then Saul's^H7586 anger^H639 was kindled^H2734 against Jonathan,^H3083 and he said^H559 unto him, Thou son^H1121 of a perverse^H5753 rebellious^H4780 woman, do not I know^H3045 that thou hast chosen^H977 the son^H1121 of Jesse^H3448 to thine own shame,^H1322 and unto the shame^H1322 of thy mother's^H517 nakedness?^H6172

31 ♥ 📝 For as long as^H3117 the son^H1121 of Jesse^H3448 liveth^H2425 upon the ground,^H127 thou shalt not be established,^H3559 nor thy kingdom.^H4438 Wherefore now send^H7971 and fetch^H3947 him unto me, for he shall surely die.^H1121

32 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 answered^H6030 Saul^H7586 his father,^H1 and said^H559 unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death?^H4191 what hath he done?^H6213

33 ♥ 📝 And Saul^H7586 cast^H2904 his spear^H2595 at him to smite^H5221 him; whereby Jonathan^H3083 knew^H3045 that it was determined^H3617 of his father^H1 to put David^H1732 to death.^H4191

34 ♥ 📝 So Jonathan^H3083 arose^H6965 from the table^H7979 in fierce^H2750 anger,^H639 and did eat^H398 no food^H3899 the second^H8145 day^H3117 of the month;^H2320 for he was grieved^H6087 for David,^H1732 because his father^H1 had done him shame.^H3637

35 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass in the morning,^H1242 that Jonathan^H3083 went out^H3318 into the field^H7704 at the time appointed^H4150 with David,^H1732 and a little^H6996 lad^H5288 with him.

36 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto his lad,^H5288 Run,^H7323 find^H4672 now the arrows^H2671 which I shoot.^H3384 And as the lad^H5288 ran,^H7323 he shot^H3384 an arrow^H2678 beyond^H5674 him.

37 ♥ 📝 And when the lad^H5288 was come^H935 to the place^H4725 of the arrow^H2678 which Jonathan^H3083 had shot,^H3384 Jonathan^H3083 cried^H7121 after^H310 the lad,^H5288 and said,^H559 Is not the arrow^H2678 beyond^H1973 thee?

38 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 cried^H7121 after^H310 the lad,^H5288 Make speed,^H4120 haste,^H2363 stay^H5975 not. And Jonathan's^H3083 lad^H5288 gathered up^H3950 the arrows,^H2671 and came^H935 to his master.^H113

39 ♥ 📝 But the lad^H5288 knew^H3045 not anything:^H3972 only Jonathan^H3083 and David^H1732 knew^H3045 the matter.^H1697

40 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 gave^H5414 his weapons^H3627 unto his lad,^H5288 and said^H559 unto him, Go,^H3212 carry^H935 them to the city.^H5892

41 ♥ 📝 And as soon as the lad^H5288 was gone,^H935 David^H1732 arose^H6965 out of [a place] toward^H681 the South,^H5045 and fell^H5307 on his face^H639 to the ground,^H776 and bowed^H7812 himself three^H7969 times:^H6471 and they kissed^H5401 one^H376 another,^H7453 and wept^H1058 one^H376 with another,^H7453 until David^H1732 exceeded.^H1431

42 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan^H3083 said^H559 to David,^H1732 Go^H3212 in peace,^H7965 forasmuch as we have sworn^H7650 both^H8147 of us in the name^H8034 of Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 shall be between me and thee, and between my seed^H2233 and thy seed,^H2233 for^H5704 ever.^H5769 And he arose^H6965 and departed:^H3212 and Jonathan^H3083 went^H935 into the city.^H5892