Verse 30

1 Samuel 20:30

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30 While the son of Jesse remains alive, you and your kingship are not secure. Now go and bring him here to me, for he has to die!”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּֽחַר אַ֤ף שָׁאוּל֙ בִּ/יה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔/וֹ בֶּֽן נַעֲוַ֖ת הַ/מַּרְדּ֑וּת הֲ/ל֣וֹא יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי בֹחֵ֤ר אַתָּה֙ לְ/בֶן יִשַׁ֔י לְ/בָ֨שְׁתְּ/ךָ֔ וּ/לְ/בֹ֖שֶׁת עֶרְוַ֥ת אִמֶּֽ/ךָ

English Translation

And Saul was very angry at Jonathan and said to him, "You son of a rebellious woman, do you not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?"

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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... Focus ↗

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...

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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