Verse 18
1 Samuel 20:18
Darby Translation
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And Jonathan said to him, To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּֽאמֶר ל֥/וֹ יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן מָחָ֣ר חֹ֑דֶשׁ וְ/נִפְקַ֕דְתָּ כִּ֥י יִפָּקֵ֖ד מוֹשָׁבֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be empty."
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Chapter 20 Context
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And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mi...
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And he said to him, God (Elohim) forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing eithe...
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And David swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in th...
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And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee.
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And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the kin...
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If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run...
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If he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil...
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Deal kindly then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with...
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And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for, if I knew with certainty that evil were determined by m...
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Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
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And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them in...
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And Jonathan said to David, Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, when I sound my father about this time...
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Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will a...
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And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,
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but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the en...
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And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at t...
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And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved h...
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And Jonathan said to him, To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be e...
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but on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself...
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And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
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And behold, I will send the lad, [saying,] Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behol...
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But if I say thus to the youth: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, go thy way; for Jehovah sends th...
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And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for eve...
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And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.
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And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Ab...
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And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen [him], that he is not clean:...
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And it came to pass the next day after the new moon, the second [day of the month], as David's place...
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And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,
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and said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a family sacrifice in the city; and my brother himself...
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And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious wo...
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For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. An...
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And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he d...
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Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father...
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And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no meat the second day of the new moon; f...
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And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field, to the place agreed on wit...
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And he said to his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. The lad ran, and he shot the arrow b...
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And when the lad came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the la...
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And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the ar...
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And the lad knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
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And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.
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The lad went, and David arose from the side of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bo...
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And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have both of us sworn in the name of Jehova...
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