Verse 1
1 Samuel 20:1
World English Bible, British Edition
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David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have
I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּבְרַ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד מ/נוות מִ/נָּי֖וֹת בָּ/רָמָ֑ה וַ/יָּבֹ֞א וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֨יתִי֙ מֶֽה עֲוֺנִ֤/י וּ/מֶֽה חַטָּאתִ/י֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י/ךָ כִּ֥י מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת נַפְשִֽׁ/י
English Translation
And David fled from Naoth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my sin and what is my guilt before your father that he seeks my life?"
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Chapter 20 Context
1
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have
I done? What is my iniqui...
2
He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father
does nothing either great or small...
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3
David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I
have found favour in your eyes; and h...
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4
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will
even do it for you.”
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5
David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and
I should not fail to dine with the ki...
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6
If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave
of me that he might run to B...
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7
If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is
angry, then know that evil is...
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8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant
into a covenant of the LO...
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9
Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know
that evil were determined by my fath...
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10
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father
answers you roughly?”
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11
Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.”
They both went out into the field.
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12
Jonathan said to David, “By the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, when I have
sounded out my father...
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13
The LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, should it please my father
to do you evil, if I don’t disc...
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14
You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I
still live, that I not die;
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15
but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever,
no, not when the LORD has cut of...
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16
So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will
require it at the hand of Dav...
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17
Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had
to him; for he loved him as he loved...
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18
Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will
be missed, because your seat will...
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19
When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place
where you hid yourself when t...
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20
I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
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21
Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell
the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows a...
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22
But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’
then go your way, for the LORD ha...
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23
Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD
is between you and me forever...
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24
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come,
the king sat himself down to eat food...
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25
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the
wall; and Jonathan stood up, an...
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26
Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something
has happened to him. He i...
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27
On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s
place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan h...
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28
Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of
me to go to Bethlehem.
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29
He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city.
My brother has commanded me...
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30
Then Saul’s anger burnt against Jonathan, and he said to him,
“You son of a perverse rebellious woma...
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31
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be
established, nor will your kingd...
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32
Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should
he be put to death? What has he done...
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33
Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew
that his father was determined to pu...
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34
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the
second day of the month; for h...
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35
In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field at the time
appointed with David, and a little boy...
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36
He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the
boy ran, he shot an arrow beyon...
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37
When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had
shot, Jonathan cried after the bo...
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38
Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s
boy gathered up the arrows,...
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39
But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the
matter.
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40
Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them
to the city.”
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41
As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and
fell on his face to the ground, and b...
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42
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in
the LORD’s name, saying, ‘The LO...
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