1Samuel:20

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* And David (note :)For Saul was detained , and prophesied a day and a night by God 's providence , that David might have time to escape .(:note ) fled from Naioth in Ramah , and came and said before Jonathan , What have I done ? what [is ] mine iniquity ? and what [is ] my sin before thy father , that he seeketh my life ? * And he sayde vnto him , God forbid , thou shalt not die : beholde , my father will do nothing great nor small , but he will shewe it me : and why should my father hide this thing from me ? He will not doe it . * And David sware moreover , and said , Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes ; and he saith , Let not Jonathan know this , lest he be grieved : but truly [as ] the LORD liveth , and [as ] thy soul liveth , [there is ] but a (note :)I am in great danger of death .(:note ) step between me and death . * Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid , Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth , that I wil do vnto thee . * And David said unto Jonathan , Behold , to morrow [is ] the (note :)At what time there would be a solemn sacrifice , ( Num_28:11 ), to which they added peace offerings and feasts .(:note ) 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 . * 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 (note :)Read ( 1Sa_1:21 ).(:note ) yearly sacrifice there for all the family . * And if he say thus , It is well , thy seruant shall haue peace : but if he be angrie , be sure that wickednesse is concluded of him . * So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant : for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee , and if there be in me iniquitie , slay thou me : for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father ? * And Jonathan said , Far be it from thee : for if I knew certainly that evil were (note :)That he were fully determined .(:note ) determined by my father to come upon thee , then would not I tell it thee ? * Then said David to Jonathan , Who (note :)If your father favours me .(:note ) shall tell me ? or what [if ] thy father answer thee roughly ? * And Ionathan sayde to Dauid , Come and let vs goe out into the fielde : and they twaine went out into the fielde . * Then Ionathan sayde to Dauid , O Lorde God of Israel , when I haue groped my fathers minde to morow at this time , or within this three dayes , and if it be well with Dauid , and I then send not vnto thee , and shewe it thee , * The LORD (note :)The Lord punish me most grievously .(:note ) 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 . * And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD , (note :)I know that if you were given the kingdom now , you would not destroy me , but show yourself friendly to my posterity .(:note ) that I die not : * But I require that thou cut not off thy mercie from mine house for euer : no , not when the Lorde hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid , euery one from the earth . * So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid , saying , Let the Lorde require it at the hands of Dauids enemies . * And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid , because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule ) * Then said Ionathan to him , To morowe is the first day of the moneth : and thou shalt be looked for , for thy place shalbe emptie . * Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe three dayes , then thou shalt goe downe quickely and come to the place where thou diddest hide thy selfe , when this matter was in hand , and shalt remayne by the stone Ezel . * And I will shoote three arrowes on the side thereof , as though I shot at a marke . * And after I wil sende a boy , saying , Goe , seeke the arrowes . If I say vnto the boy , See , the arrowes are on this side thee , bring them , &amp ; come thou : for it is well with thee and no hurt , as the Lord liueth . * But if I say thus unto the young man , Behold , the arrows [are ] beyond thee ; go thy way : for the (note :)The Lord is the author of your departure .(:note ) LORD hath sent thee away . * As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of , beholde , the Lorde be betweene thee and me for euer . * So Dauid hid him selfe in the field : and when the first day of the moneth came , the King sate to eate meate . * And the King sate , as at other times vpon his seate , euen vpon his seate by the wall : and Ionathan arose , and Abner sate by Sauls side , but Dauids place was emptie . * Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day : for he thought , Something hath befallen him , he [is ] not (note :)Yet he might have some business to let him .(:note ) clean ; surely he [is ] not clean . * And it came to pass on the morrow , [which was ] the second [day ] of the month , that David 's place was empty : and Saul said unto Jonathan his son , Wherefore cometh not (note :)Thus he speaks contemptuously of David .(:note ) the son of Jesse to meat , neither yesterday , nor to day ? * And Ionathan answered vnto Saul , Dauid required of me , that he might goe to Beth-lehem . * And he said , Let me go , I pray thee ; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city ; and my brother , he hath commanded me [to be there ]: and now , if I have found favour in thine eyes , let me get away , I pray thee , and see my (note :)Meaning , all his kinsfolk .(:note ) brethren . Therefore he cometh not unto the king 's table . * Then Saul 's anger was kindled against Jonathan , and he said unto him , Thou (note :)You are always contrary to me as your mother is .(:note ) son of the perverse rebellious [woman ], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion , and unto the confusion of thy mother 's nakedness ? * For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth , thou shalt not be stablished , nor thy kingdome : wherefore now send and fet him vnto me , for he shall surely die . * And Jonathan answered Saul his father , and said unto him , Wherefore shall he be (note :)For it was too great tyranny to put one to death and not to give a reason why .(:note ) slain ? what hath he done ? * And Saul cast a speare at him to hit him , whereby Ionathan knew , that it was determined of his father to slay Dauid . * So Ionathan arose from the table in a great anger , and did eate no meate the seconde day of the moneth : for he was sorie for Dauid , and because his father had reuiled him . * And it came to pass in the morning , that Jonathan went out into the field (note :)For this was the third day , as it was agreed on in ( 1Sa_20:5 ).(:note ) at the time appointed with David , and a little lad with him . * And he saide vnto his boy , Runne now , seeke the arrowes which I shoote , and as the boy ran , he shot an arrowe beyond him . * And when the boy was come to the place where the arrowe was that Ionathan had shot , Ionathan cryed after the boy , and sayde , Is not the arrowe beyond thee ? * And Jonathan cried after the lad , (note :)By these words be admonished David what he should do .(:note ) Make speed , haste , stay not . And Jonathan 's lad gathered up the arrows , and came to his master . * But the boy knewe nothing : onely Ionathan and Dauid knew the matter . * Then Ionathan gaue his bowe and arrowes vnto the boy that was with him , and sayd vnto him , Goe , carrie them into the citie . * [And ] as soon as the lad was gone , David arose out of [a place ] toward the (note :)It seems that he shot on the north side of the stone , least the boy should have seen David .(:note ) south , and fell on his face to the ground , and bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another , and wept one with another , until David exceeded . * And Jonathan said to David , Go in peace , forasmuch as we have (note :)Which oath he calls the covenant of the Lord in ( 1Sa_20:8 ).(:note ) sworn both of us in the name of the LORD , saying , The LORD be between me and thee , and between my seed and thy seed for ever . And he arose and departed : and Jonathan went into the city .

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