1Samuel:20:5-24
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And David said unto Jonathan ,
Behold ,
to morrow is the new moon ,
and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat :
but let me go ,
that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even .
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If thy father at all miss me ,
then say ,
David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city :
for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family .
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If he say thus ,
It is well ;
thy servant shall have peace :
but if he be very wroth ,
then be sure that evil is determined by him .
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Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant ;
for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee :
notwithstanding ,
if there be in me iniquity ,
slay me thyself ;
for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father ?
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And Jonathan said ,
Far be it from thee :
for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee ,
then would not I tell it thee ?
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Then said David to Jonathan ,
Who shall tell me ?
or what if thy father answer thee roughly ?
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And Jonathan said unto David ,
Come ,
and let us go out into the field .
And they went out both of them into the field .
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And Jonathan said unto David ,
O LORD God of Israel ,
when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time ,
or the third day ,
and ,
behold ,
if there be good toward David ,
and I then send not unto thee ,
and shew it thee ;
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The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan :
but if it please my father to do thee evil ,
then I will shew it thee ,
and send thee away ,
that thou mayest go in peace :
and the LORD be with thee ,
as he hath been with my father .
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And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD ,
that I die not :
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But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever :
no ,
not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth .
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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David ,
saying ,
Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David '
s enemies .
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And Jonathan caused David to swear again ,
because he loved him :
for he loved him as he loved his own soul .
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Then Jonathan said to David ,
To morrow is the new moon :
and thou shalt be missed ,
because thy seat will be empty .
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And when thou hast stayed three days ,
then thou shalt go down quickly ,
and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand ,
and shalt remain by the stone Ezel .
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And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof ,
as though I shot at a mark .
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And ,
behold ,
I will send a lad ,
saying ,
Go ,
find out the arrows .
If I expressly say unto the lad ,
Behold ,
the arrows are on this side of thee ,
take them ;
then come thou :
for there is peace to thee ,
and no hurt ;
as the LORD liveth .
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But if I say thus unto the young man ,
Behold ,
the arrows are beyond thee ;
go thy way :
for the LORD hath sent thee away .
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And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of ,
behold ,
the LORD be between thee and me for ever .
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So David hid himself in the field :
and when the new moon was come ,
the king sat him down to eat meat .