Verse 4

1 Samuel 20:4

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4 “Tell me what I can do to help you,” Jonathan exclaimed.

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hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן אֶל דָּוִ֑ד מַה תֹּאמַ֥ר נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֖ וְ/אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָּֽ/ךְ

English Translation

And Jonathan said to David, "What will your soul say, and I will do for you?"

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Chapter 20 Context

1 David now fled from Naioth in Ramah and found Jonathan. “What have I done?” he exclaimed. “What is m... Focus ↗

2 “That’s not true!” Jonathan protested. “You’re not going to die. He always tells me everything he’s... Focus ↗

3 Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friend... Focus ↗

4 “Tell me what I can do to help you,” Jonathan exclaimed.

5 David replied, “Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. I’ve always eaten with the king on this... Focus ↗

6 If your father asks where I am, tell him I asked permission to go home to Bethlehem for an annual fa... Focus ↗

7 If he says, ‘Fine!’ you will know all is well. But if he is angry and loses his temper, you will kno... Focus ↗

8 Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend — for we made a solemn pact before the LORD — or kill me you... Focus ↗

9 “Never!” Jonathan exclaimed. “You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to... Focus ↗

10 Then David asked, “How will I know whether or not your father is angry?” Focus ↗

11 “Come out to the field with me,” Jonathan replied. And they went out there together. Focus ↗

12 Then Jonathan told David, “I promise by the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, that by this time tomo... Focus ↗

13 But if he is angry and wants you killed, may the LORD strike me and even kill me if I don’t warn you... Focus ↗

14 And may you treat me with the faithful love of the LORD as long as I live. But if I die, Focus ↗

15 treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face... Focus ↗

16 So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, saying, “May the LORD destroy all your enemies!” Focus ↗

17 And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved h... Focus ↗

18 Then Jonathan said, “Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. You will be missed when your place... Focus ↗

19 The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the... Focus ↗

20 I will come out and shoot three arrows to the side of the stone pile as though I were shooting at a... Focus ↗

21 Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back. If you hear me tell him, ‘They’re on this side,’ th... Focus ↗

22 But if I tell him, ‘Go farther — the arrows are still ahead of you,’ then it will mean that you must... Focus ↗

23 And may the LORD make us keep our promises to each other, for he has witnessed them.” Focus ↗

24 So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon festival began, the king sat down to eat. Focus ↗

25 He sat at his usual place against the wall, with Jonathan sitting opposite him and Abner beside him.... Focus ↗

26 Saul didn’t say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, “Something must have made David... Focus ↗

27 But when David’s place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jes... Focus ↗

28 Jonathan replied, “David earnestly asked me if he could go to Bethlehem. Focus ↗

29 He said, ‘Please let me go, for we are having a family sacrifice. My brother demanded that I be ther... Focus ↗

30 Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. “You stupid son of a whore!” he swore at him. “Do you think I don... Focus ↗

31 As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you’ll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!” Focus ↗

32 “But why should he be put to death?” Jonathan asked his father. “What has he done?” Focus ↗

33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his... Focus ↗

34 Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for h... Focus ↗

35 The next morning, as agreed, Jonathan went out into the field and took a young boy with him to gathe... Focus ↗

36 “Start running,” he told the boy, “so you can find the arrows as I shoot them.” So the boy ran, and... Focus ↗

37 When the boy had almost reached the arrow, Jonathan shouted, “The arrow is still ahead of you. Focus ↗

38 Hurry, hurry, don’t wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master. Focus ↗

39 He, of course, suspected nothing; only Jonathan and David understood the signal. Focus ↗

40 Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him to take them back to town. Focus ↗

41 As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile. Then... Focus ↗

42 At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the LORD’s... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 20 (42 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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