I Samuel 20

1And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?

2 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 2:9, 1 John 3:21, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 John 3:21

2And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

John 17:8, 1 Samuel 9:15, John 17:8, 1 Samuel 9:15, 1 Samuel 20:12

3But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.

2 Kings 2:6, 1 Samuel 27:1, Deuteronomy 6:13, 1 Samuel 25:26, 2 Kings 2:6

4Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

5And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.

Numbers 10:10, Numbers 10:10, 1 Samuel 19:2, Numbers 28:11, 1 Samuel 19:2

6And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.

1 Samuel 17:58, 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 17:58, 1 Samuel 9:12, John 7:42

7If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.

1 Samuel 25:17, 1 Samuel 25:17, Esther 7:7, Esther 7:7, Deuteronomy 1:23

8So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

1 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 14:32, 1 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 14:32, 1 Samuel 23:18

9And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 20:38, 1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 20:38

10Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

Proverbs 18:23, 1 Samuel 25:14, Genesis 42:30, Genesis 42:7, 1 Samuel 20:30

11And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.

12And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

Psalms 17:3, Joshua 22:22, Psalms 139:1, Psalms 139:4, Proverbs 25:2

13May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

Joshua 1:5, Ruth 1:17, 1 Samuel 17:37, 1 Chronicles 22:11, 1 Chronicles 22:16

14And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

2 Samuel 9:3, 2 Samuel 9:3, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Ephesians 5:1

15And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.

2 Samuel 21:7, 2 Samuel 21:7, 1 Samuel 24:21, 2 Samuel 9:1, 2 Samuel 9:7

16And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.

1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 31:2

17And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 18:24, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 18:1

18Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.

1 Samuel 20:5, 1 Samuel 20:25, 1 Samuel 20:5, 1 Samuel 20:25

19And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.

1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 20:5, 1 Samuel 20:5

20And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.

21And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.

Jeremiah 5:2, Amos 8:14, Jeremiah 12:16, Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 5:2

22But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

1 Samuel 20:37, 1 Samuel 20:37

23As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.

1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 20:14, 1 Samuel 20:15, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 20:14

24So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.

Proverbs 21:3, Psalms 50:16, Psalms 50:21, Proverbs 17:1, Proverbs 15:17

25And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.

1 Samuel 20:18, 1 Samuel 20:18, Judges 16:20, Judges 16:20

26But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:27, Leviticus 11:24

27And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

1 Samuel 22:13, 1 Samuel 22:14, Matthew 13:55, 1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Samuel 19:10

28And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,

1 Samuel 20:6, 1 Samuel 20:6

29Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

1 Samuel 17:28, 1 Samuel 17:28

30Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

Proverbs 21:24, Proverbs 21:24, James 1:19, James 1:20, James 1:19

31For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 20:8, 1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 19:28

32And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

Matthew 27:23, Matthew 27:23, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 19:5, Luke 23:22

33And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

1 Samuel 20:7, 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:7, 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 19:10

34So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.

Mark 3:5, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Ephesians 4:26, Mark 3:5, Ecclesiastes 7:20

35Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.

1 Samuel 20:19, 2 Samuel 20:5, 1 Samuel 20:19, 2 Samuel 20:5

36And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.

1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:22, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:22

37And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

1 Samuel 20:22, 1 Samuel 20:22

38And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

Luke 17:31, Luke 17:32, Matthew 24:16, Matthew 24:18, Mark 13:14

39But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.

40And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

41And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

Genesis 29:11, 1 Samuel 18:3, Genesis 29:11, 1 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 1:26

42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

1 Samuel 1:17, 1 Samuel 1:17, 1 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 20:22

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