1 Samuel 20 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?

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1 H1732 And David H1272 fled H5121 from Naioth H7414 in Ramah, H935 and came H559 and said H6440 before H3083 Jonathan, H6213 What have I done? H5771 what is my iniquity? H2403 and what is my sin H6440 before H1 your father, H1245 that he seeks H5315 my life?

2 H559 And he said H2486 unto him, God forbid; H4191 you shall not die: H1 behold, my father H6213 will do H1697 nothing H1419 either great H6996 or small, H1540 but that he will show H1 it me: and why should my father H5641 hide H1697 this thing from me? it is not so.

3 H1732 And David H7650 swore H559 moreover, and said, H1 Your father H3045 certainly H3045 knows H4672 that I have found H2580 grace H5869 in your eyes; H559 and he says, H3083 Let not Jonathan H3045 know H6087 this, lest he be grieved: H199 but truly H3068 as the Lord H2416 lives, H5315 and as your soul H2416 lives, H6587 there is but a step H4194 between me and death.

4 H559 Then said H3083 Jonathan H1732 unto David, H5315 Whatever your soul H559 desires, H6213 I will even do it for you.

5 H1732 And David H559 said H3083 unto Jonathan, H4279 Behold, to morrow H2320 is the new moon, H3427 and I should not fail H3427 to sit H4428 with the king H398 at food: H7971 but let me go, H5641 that I may hide H7704 myself in the field H7992 unto the third H6153 day at even.

6 H1 If your father H6485 at all H6485 miss H559 me, then say, H1732 David H7592 earnestly H7592 asked H7323 leave of me that he might run H1035 to Beth–lehem H5892 his city: H3117 for there is a yearly H2077 sacrifice H4940 there for all the family.

7 H559 If he say H2896 thus, It is well; H5650 your servant H7965 shall have peace: H2734 but if he be very H2734 angry, H3045 then be sure H7451 that evil H3615 is determined by him.

8 H6213 Therefore you shall deal H2617 kindly H5650 with your servant; H935 for you have brought H5650 your servant H1285 into a covenant H3068 of the Lord H3426 with you: nevertheless, if there be H5771 in me iniquity, H4191 kill H935 me yourself; for why should you bring H1 me to your father?

9 H3083 And Jonathan H559 said, H2486 Far be it from you: H3045 for if I knew H3045 certainly H7451 that evil H3615 were determined H1 by my father H935 to come H5046 upon you, then would not I tell it you?

10 H559 Then said H1732 David H3083 to Jonathan, H5046 Who shall tell H1 me? or what if your father H6030 answer H7186 you roughly?

11 H3083 And Jonathan H559 said H1732 unto David, H3212 Come, H3318 and let us go out H7704 into the field. H3318 And they went out H8147 both H7704 of them into the field.

12 H3083 And Jonathan H559 said H1732 unto David, H3068 O Lord H430 God H3478 of Israel, H2713 when I have sounded H1 my father H4279 about to morrow H6256 any time, H7992 or the third H2895 day, and, behold, if there be good H1732 toward David, H7971 and I then send H1540 not unto you, and show it you;

13 H3068 The Lord H6213 do H3541 so H3254 and much more H3083 to Jonathan: H3190 but if it please H1 my father H7451 to do you evil, H1540 then I will show H7971 it you, and send you away, H1980 that you may go H7965 in peace: H3068 and the Lord H1 be with you, as he has been with my father.

14 H518 And you shall not only while yet H2416 I live H6213 show H2617 me the kindness H3068 of the Lord, H4191 that I die not:

15 H3772 But also you shall not cut off H2617 your kindness H1004 from my house H5704 for H5769 ever: H3068 no, not when the Lord H3772 has cut off H341 the enemies H1732 of David H376 every one H6440 from the face H127 of the earth.

16 H3083 So Jonathan H3772 made H1004 a covenant with the house H1732 of David, H3068 saying, Let the Lord H1245 even require H3027 it at the hand H1732 of David's H341 enemies.

17 H3083 And Jonathan H1732 caused David H7650 to swear H3254 again, H160 because he loved H157 him: for he loved H160 him as he loved H5315 his own soul.

18 H3083 Then Jonathan H559 said H1732 to David, H4279 To morrow H2320 is the new moon: H6485 and you shall be missed, H4186 because your seat H6485 will be empty.

19 H8027 And when you have stayed three days, H3381 then you shall go down H3966 quickly, H935 and come H4725 to the place H5641 where you did hide H3117 yourself when H4639 the business H3427 was in hand, and shall remain H681 by H68 the stone H237 Ezel.

20 H3384 And I will shoot H7969 three H2671 arrows H6654 on the side H7971 there, as though I shot H4307 at a mark.

21 H7971 And, behold, I will send H5288 a lad, H3212 saying, Go, H4672 find out H2671 the arrows. H559 If I expressly H559 say H5288 unto the lad, H2671 Behold, the arrows H3947 are on this side of you, take H935 them; then come H7965 you: for there is peace H1697 to you, and no hurt; H3068 as the Lord H2416 lives.

22 H559 But if I say H5958 thus unto the young man, H2671 Behold, the arrows H1973 are beyond H3212 you; go your way: H3068 for the Lord H7971 has sent you away.

23 H1697 And as touching the matter H1696 which you and I have spoken H3068 of, behold, the Lord H5704 be between you and me for H5769 ever.

24 H1732 So David H5641 hid H7704 himself in the field: H2320 and when the new moon H4428 was come, the king H3427 sat him down H398 to eat H3899 food.

25 H4428 And the king H3427 sat H4186 upon his seat, H6471 as at other times, H4186 even upon a seat H7023 by the wall: H3083 and Jonathan H6965 arose, H74 and Abner H3427 sat H7586 by Saul's H6654 side, H1732 and David's H4725 place H6485 was empty.

26 H7586 Nevertheless Saul H1696 spoke H3972 not any thing H3117 that day: H559 for he thought, H4745 Something has happened H1115 him, he is not H2889 clean; H2889 surely he is not clean.

27 H4283 And it came to pass on the morrow, H8145 which was the second H2320 day of the month, H1732 that David's H4725 place H6485 was empty: H7586 and Saul H559 said H3083 unto Jonathan H1121 his son, H935 Therefore comes H1121 not the son H3448 of Jesse H3899 to food, H8543 neither yesterday, H3117 nor to day?

28 H3083 And Jonathan H6030 answered H7586 Saul, H1732 David H7592 earnestly H7592 asked H5978 leave of me H1035 to go to Beth–lehem:

29 H559 And he said, H7971 Let me go, H4940 I pray you; for our family H2077 has a sacrifice H5892 in the city; H251 and my brother, H6680 he has commanded H4672 me to be there: and now, if I have found H2580 favor H5869 in your eyes, H4422 let me get away, H7200 I pray you, and see H251 my brothers. H935 Therefore he comes H4428 not unto the king's H7979 table.

30 H7586 Then Saul's H639 anger H2734 was kindled H3083 against Jonathan, H559 and he said H1121 unto him, You son H5753 of the perverse H4780 rebellious H3045 woman, do not I know H977 that you have chosen H1121 the son H3448 of Jesse H1322 to your own confusion, H1322 and unto the confusion H517 of your mother's H6172 nakedness?

31 H3117 For as long as H1121 the son H3448 of Jesse H2425 lives H127 upon the ground, H3559 you shall not be established, H4438 nor your kingdom. H7971 Therefore now send H3947 and fetch H1121 him unto me, for he shall surely die.

32 H3083 And Jonathan H6030 answered H7586 Saul H1 his father, H559 and said H4191 unto him, Therefore shall he be slain? H6213 what has he done?

33 H7586 And Saul H2904 cast H2595 a javelin H5221 at him to strike H3083 him: by which Jonathan H3045 knew H3617 that it was determined H1 of his father H4191 to kill H1732 David.

34 H3083 So Jonathan H6965 arose H7979 from the table H2750 in fierce H639 anger, H398 and did eat H3899 no food H8145 the second H3117 day H2320 of the month: H6087 for he was grieved H1732 for David, H1 because his father H3637 had done him shame.

35 H1242 And it came to pass in the morning, H3083 that Jonathan H3318 went out H7704 into the field H4150 at the time appointed H1732 with David, H6996 and a little H5288 lad with him.

36 H559 And he said H5288 unto his lad, H7323 Run, H4672 find out H2671 now the arrows H3384 which I shoot. H5288 And as the lad H7323 ran, H3384 he shot H2678 a arrow H5674 beyond him.

37 H5288 And when the lad H935 was come H4725 to the place H2678 of the arrow H3083 which Jonathan H3384 had shot, H3083 Jonathan H7121 cried H310 after H5288 the lad, H559 and said, H2678 Is not the arrow H1973 beyond you?

38 H3083 And Jonathan H7121 cried H310 after H5288 the lad, H4120 Make speed, H2363 haste, H5975 stay H3083 not. And Jonathan's H5288 lad H3950 gathered up H2671 the arrows, H935 and came H113 to his master.

39 H5288 But the lad H3045 knew H3972 not any thing: H3083 only Jonathan H1732 and David H3045 knew H1697 the matter.

40 H3083 And Jonathan H5414 gave H3627 his artillery H5288 unto his lad, H559 and said H3212 unto him, Go, H935 carry H5892 them to the city.

41 H5288 And as soon as the lad H935 was gone, H1732 David H6965 arose H681 out of a place toward H5045 the south, H5307 and fell H639 on his face H776 to the ground, H7812 and bowed H7969 himself three H6471 times: H5401 and they kissed H376 one H7453 another, H1058 and wept H376 one H7453 with another, H1732 until David H1431 exceeded.

42 H3083 And Jonathan H559 said H1732 to David, H3212 Go H7965 in peace, H7650 forasmuch as we have sworn H8147 both H8034 of us in the name H3068 of the Lord, H559 saying, H3068 The Lord H2233 be between me and you, and between my seed H2233 and your seed H5704 for H5769 ever. H6965 And he arose H3212 and departed: H3083 and Jonathan H935 went H5892 into the city.