1Samuel:20:20-42
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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 .
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And the king sat upon his seat ,
as at other times ,
even upon a seat by the wall :
and Jonathan arose ,
and Abner sat by Saul '
s side ,
and David '
s place was empty .
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Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day :
for he thought ,
Something hath befallen him ,
he is not clean ;
surely he is not clean .
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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 the son of Jesse to meat ,
neither yesterday ,
nor to day ?
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And Jonathan answered Saul ,
David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem :
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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 brethren .
Therefore he cometh not unto the king '
s table .
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Then Saul '
s anger was kindled against Jonathan ,
and he said unto him ,
Thou 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 ?
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For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground ,
thou shalt not be established ,
nor thy kingdom .
Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me ,
for he shall surely die .
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And Jonathan answered Saul his father ,
and said unto him ,
Wherefore shall he be slain ?
what hath he done ?
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And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him :
whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David .
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So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger ,
and did eat no meat the second day of the month :
for he was grieved for David ,
because his father had done him shame .
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And it came to pass in the morning ,
that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David ,
and a little lad with him .
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And he said unto his lad ,
Run ,
find out now the arrows which I shoot .
And as the lad ran ,
he shot an arrow beyond him .
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And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot ,
Jonathan cried after the lad ,
and said ,
Is not the arrow beyond thee ?
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And Jonathan cried after the lad ,
Make speed ,
haste ,
stay not .
And Jonathan '
s lad gathered up the arrows ,
and came to his master .
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But the lad knew not any thing :
only Jonathan and David knew the matter .
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And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad ,
and said unto him ,
Go ,
carry them to the city .
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And as soon as the lad was gone ,
David arose out of a place toward the 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 .
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And Jonathan said to David ,
Go in peace ,
forasmuch as we have 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 .