Verse 1

1 Samuel 20:1

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1 David ran from Naioth in Ramah to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done? What is my wrong have I done? What terrible thing have I done to your father that he wants to kill me?”

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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 ran from Naioth in Ramah to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done? What is my wrong have I...

2 “Nothing!” Jonathan replied. “You're not going to die! Listen! My father tells me everything he's pl... Focus ↗

3 But David swore an oath again, saying, “Your father knows very well that I'm your friend, and so he'... Focus ↗

4 “Tell me what you want me to do for you and I'll do it,” Jonathan told David. Focus ↗

5 “Well, the New Moon festival is tomorrow, and I'm meant to sit down and eat with the king. But if it... Focus ↗

6 If your father does indeed miss me, tell him, ‘David had to urgently ask my permission to hurry down... Focus ↗

7 If he says, ‘That's fine,’ then there's no problem for me, your servant, but if he gets mad, you'll... Focus ↗

8 So please treat me well, as you promised when you made an agreement with me before the Lord. If I've... Focus ↗

9 “Absolutely not!” Jonathan replied. “If I knew for certain that my father had plans to harm you, don... Focus ↗

10 “So who's going to let me know if your father gives you a nasty answer?” David asked. Focus ↗

11 “Come on, let's go out into the countryside,” Jonathan said. So they both went out into the countrys... Focus ↗

12 Jonathan said to David, “I promise by the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, that I will question my... Focus ↗

13 But if my father plans to do you harm, then may the Lord punish me very severely, if I don't let you... Focus ↗

14 While I live, please show me trustworthy love like that of the Lord so I don't die, Focus ↗

15 and please don't ever remove your trustworthy love for my family, even when the Lord has removed eve... Focus ↗

16 Jonathan made a solemn agreement with the family of David, saying, “May the Lord impose retribution... Focus ↗

17 Jonathan made David swear this once more by making an oath based on David's love for him, for Jonath... Focus ↗

18 Then Jonathan said to David, “The New Moon festival is tomorrow. You'll be missed, because your plac... Focus ↗

19 In three days time, go quickly to where you hid when all this started, and stay there beside the pil... Focus ↗

20 Then I'll send a boy and tell him, ‘Go and find the arrows!’ Now, if I say to him specifically, ‘Loo... Focus ↗

21 But if I tell the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are way past you,’ then you'll have to leave, for the Lord... Focus ↗

22 As for what you and I talked about, remember that the Lord is a witness between you and me forever.” Focus ↗

23 So David hid himself in the field. When the New Moon festival arrived, the king sat down to eat. Focus ↗

24 He sat in his usual place by the wall opposite Jonathan. Abner sat next to Saul, but David's place w... Focus ↗

25 Saul didn't say anything that day because he thought, “Something has probably happened to David to m... Focus ↗

26 But the second day, the day after the New Moon, David's place was still empty. Saul asked his son Jo... Focus ↗

27 Jonathan answered, “David had to urgently ask my permission to go to Bethlehem. Focus ↗

28 He told me, ‘Please let me go, because our family is having a sacrifice in the town and my brother t... Focus ↗

29 Saul got very angry with Jonathan and said, “You rebellious son of a whore! Don't you think I know t... Focus ↗

30 While the son of Jesse remains alive, you and your kingship are not secure. Now go and bring him her... Focus ↗

31 “Why does he have to be put to death?” Jonathan asked. “What has he done?” Focus ↗

32 Saul threw his spear at Jonathan, trying to kill him, so he knew that his father definitely wanted D... Focus ↗

33 Jonathan left the table absolutely furious. He would not eat anything on the second day of the festi... Focus ↗

34 In the morning Jonathan went to the field to the place he had agreed with David, and a young boy was... Focus ↗

35 He told the boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” The boy started running and Jonathan shot a... Focus ↗

36 When the boy got to the place where Jonathan's arrow had landed, Jonathan shouted to him, “Isn't the... Focus ↗

37 Hurry up! Do it quickly! Don't wait!” The boy picked up the arrows and took them back to his master. Focus ↗

38 The boy didn't suspect anything—only Jonathan and David knew what it meant. Focus ↗

39 Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and said, “Take these back to town.” Focus ↗

40 After the boy had gone, David got up from beside the pile of stones, fell facedown to the ground, an... Focus ↗

41 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn a solemn oath in the name of the... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 20 (41 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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