1Samuel:20

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ylt @1Samuel:20:1 @And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah , and cometh , and saith before Jonathan , 'What have I done ? what [is ] mine iniquity ? and what my sin before thy father , that he is seeking my life ?' ylt @1Samuel:20:2 @And he saith to him , 'Far be it ! thou dost not die ; lo , my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear ; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing ? this [thing ] is not .' ylt @1Samuel:20:3 @And David sweareth again , and saith , 'Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes , and he saith , Let not Jonathan know this , lest he be grieved ; and yet , Jehovah liveth , and thy soul liveth , but -- as a step between me and death .' ylt @1Samuel:20:4 @And Jonathan saith to David , 'What doth thy soul say ? -- and I do it for thee .' ylt @1Samuel:20:5 @And David saith unto Jonathan , 'Lo , the new moon [is ] to-morrow ; and I do certainly sit with the king to eat ; and thou hast sent me away , and I have been hidden in a field till the third evening ; ylt @1Samuel:20:6 @if thy father at all look after me , and thou hast said , David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city , for a sacrifice of the days [is ] there for all the family . ylt @1Samuel:20:7 @If thus he say : Good ; peace [is ] for thy servant ; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that the evil hath been determined by him ; ylt @1Samuel:20:8 @and thou hast done kindness , to thy servant , for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy servant with thee ; -- and if there is in me iniquity , put thou me to death ; and unto thy father , why is this -- thou dost bring me in ?' ylt @1Samuel:20:9 @And Jonathan saith , 'Far be it from thee ! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee , and I do not declare it to thee .' ylt @1Samuel:20:10 @And David saith unto Jonathan , 'Who doth declare to me ? or what [if ] thy father doth answer thee sharply ?' ylt @1Samuel:20:11 @And Jonathan saith unto David , 'Come , and we go out into the field ;' and they go out both of them into the field . ylt @1Samuel:20:12 @And Jonathan saith unto David , 'Jehovah , God of Israel -- when I search my father , about [this ] time to-morrow [or ] the third [day ], and lo , good [is ] towards David , and I do not then send unto thee , and have uncovered thine ear -- ylt @1Samuel:20:13 @thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan , and thus doth He add ; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father , then I have uncovered thine ear , and sent thee away , and thou hast gone in peace , and Jehovah is with thee , as he was with my father ; ylt @1Samuel:20:14 @and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah , and I die not , ylt @1Samuel:20:15 @but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age , nor in Jehovah 's cutting off the enemies of David , each one from off the face of the ground .' ylt @1Samuel:20:16 @And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David , and Jehovah hath sought [it ] from the hand of the enemies of David ; ylt @1Samuel:20:17 @and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear , because he loveth him , for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him . ylt @1Samuel:20:18 @And Jonathan saith to him , 'To-morrow [is ] new moon , and thou hast been looked after , for thy seat is looked after ; ylt @1Samuel:20:19 @and on the third day thou dost certainly come down , and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work , and hast remained near the stone Ezel . ylt @1Samuel:20:20 @'And I shoot three of the arrows at the side , sending out for myself at a mark ; ylt @1Samuel:20:21 @and lo , I send the youth : Go , find the arrows . If I at all say to the youth , Lo , the arrows [are ] on this side of thee -- take them , -- then come thou , for peace [is ] for thee , and there is nothing ; Jehovah liveth . ylt @1Samuel:20:22 @And if thus I say to the young man , Lo , the arrows [are ] beyond thee , -- go , for Jehovah hath sent thee away ; ylt @1Samuel:20:23 @as to the thing which we have spoken , I and thou , lo , Jehovah [is ] between me and thee -- unto the age .' ylt @1Samuel:20:24 @And David is hidden in the field , and it is the new moon , and the king sitteth down by the food to eat , ylt @1Samuel:20:25 @and the king sitteth on his seat , as time by time , on a seat by the wall , and Jonathan riseth , and Abner sitteth at the side of Saul , and David 's place is looked after . ylt @1Samuel:20:26 @And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day , for he said , 'It [is ] an accident ; he is not clean -- surely not clean .' ylt @1Samuel:20:27 @And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon , that David 's place is looked after , and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son , 'Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in , either yesterday or to-day , unto the food ?' ylt @1Samuel:20:28 @And Jonathan answereth Saul , 'David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem , ylt @1Samuel:20:29 @and he saith , Send me away , I pray thee , for a family sacrifice we have in the city , and my brother himself hath given command to me , and now , if I have found grace in thine eyes , let me go away , I pray thee , and see my brethren ; therefore he hath not come unto the table of the king .' ylt @1Samuel:20:30 @And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan , and he saith to him , 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman ! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame , and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother ? ylt @1Samuel:20:31 @for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established , thou and thy kingdom ; and now , send and bring him unto me , for he [is ] a son of death .' ylt @1Samuel:20:32 @And Jonathan answereth Saul his father , and saith unto him , 'Why is he put to death ? what hath he done ?' ylt @1Samuel:20:33 @And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him , and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death . ylt @1Samuel:20:34 @And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger , and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon , for he hath been grieved for David , for his father put him to shame . ylt @1Samuel:20:35 @And it cometh to pass in the morning , that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment with David , and a little youth [is ] with him . ylt @1Samuel:20:36 @And he saith to his youth , 'Run , find , I pray thee , the arrows which I am shooting ;' the youth is running , and he hath shot the arrow , causing [it ] to pass over him . ylt @1Samuel:20:37 @And the youth cometh unto the place of the arrow which Jonathan hath shot , and Jonathan calleth after the youth , and saith , 'Is not the arrow beyond thee ?' ylt @1Samuel:20:38 @and Jonathan calleth after the youth , 'Speed , haste , stand not ;' and Jonathan 's youth gathereth the arrows , and cometh unto his lord . ylt @1Samuel:20:39 @And the youth hath not known anything , only Jonathan and David knew the word . ylt @1Samuel:20:40 @And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath , and saith to him , 'Go , carry into the city .' ylt @1Samuel:20:41 @The youth hath gone , and David hath risen from Ezel , at the south , and falleth on his face to the earth , and boweth himself three times , and they kiss one another , and they weep one with another , till David exerted himself ; ylt @1Samuel:20:42 @and Jonathan saith to David , 'Go in peace , in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah , saying , Jehovah is between me and thee , and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age ;' and he riseth and goeth ; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city .

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