1 Samuel 20 : 1 (LXXEN)
And David fled from Navath in Rama, and comes into the presence of Jonathan; and he said, What have I done, and what is my fault, and wherein have I sinned before thy father, that he seeks my life?
1 Samuel 20 : 2 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small Gr. and will not uncover my ear
without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? This thing is not so.
1 Samuel 20 : 3 (LXXEN)
And David answered Jonathan, and said, Thy father knows surely that I have found grace in thy sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but as the Lord lives and thy soul lives, as I said, the space is filled up between me and death.
1 Samuel 20 : 4 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said to David, What does thy soul desire, and what shall I do for thee.
1 Samuel 20 : 5 (LXXEN)
And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I shall not on any account sit down to eat, but thou shalt let me go, and I will hide in the plain till the evening.
1 Samuel 20 : 6 (LXXEN)
And if thy father do in anywise Or, notice me, as present or absent
enquire for me, then shalt thou say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethleem his city, for there is there, a Gr. sacrifice of days; Hebraism
yearly sacrifice for all the family.
1 Samuel 20 : 7 (LXXEN)
If he shall say thus, Well, —Gr. peace to thy servant
all is safe for thy servant: but if he shall answer harshly to thee, know that evil is determined by him.
1 Samuel 20 : 8 (LXXEN)
And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?
1 Samuel 20 : 9 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said, That be far from thee: for if I surely know that evil is determined by my father to come upon thee, although it should not be against thy cities, I will tell thee.
1 Samuel 20 : 10 (LXXEN)
And David said to Jonathan, Who can tell me if thy father should answer roughly?
1 Samuel 20 : 11 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said to David, Go, and abide in the field. And they went out both into the field.
1 Samuel 20 : 12 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said to David, the Lord God of Israel knows that I will sound my father as I have an opportunity, Heb. tyvlvh the third day
three several times, and, behold, if good should be determined concerning David, and I do not send to thee to the field,
1 Samuel 20 : 13 (LXXEN)
God do so to Jonathan and more also: as I shall also report the evil to thee, and make it known to thee, and I will let thee go; and thou shalt depart in peace, and the Lord shall be with thee, as he was with my father.
1 Samuel 20 : 14 (LXXEN)
And if indeed Gr. I yet being alive
I continue to live, then shalt thou deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,
1 Samuel 20 : 15 (LXXEN)
thou shalt not withdraw thy mercy from my house for ever: and The meaning of the Heb. is here greatly obscured
if thou doest not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David each from the face of the earth, should it happen that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.
1 Samuel 20 : 17 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him.
1 Samuel 20 : 18 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said, To-morrow is the new moon, and thou wilt be enquired for, because thy seat will be observed as vacant.
1 Samuel 20 : 19 (LXXEN)
And thou shalt Gr. act thrice
stay three days, and watch an opportunity, and shalt come to thy place where thou mayest hide thyself in the day of thy business, and thou shalt wait by that A corruption of the Heb. ezel
ergab.
1 Samuel 20 : 20 (LXXEN)
And I will shoot Gr. with
three arrows, aiming them at The Heb. has been turned into a proper name
a mark.
1 Samuel 20 : 21 (LXXEN)
And behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go find me the arrow.
1 Samuel 20 : 22 (LXXEN)
If I should expressly say to the lad, The arrow is here, and on this side of thee, take it; then come, for it is well with thee, and there is no reason for fear, as the Lord lives: but if I should say thus to the young man, The arrow is on that side of thee, and beyond; go, for the Lord hath sent thee away.
1 Samuel 20 : 23 (LXXEN)
And as for the word which thou and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is witness between me and thee for ever.
1 Samuel 20 : 24 (LXXEN)
So David hides himself in the field, and the new Or, moon
month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.
1 Samuel 20 : 25 (LXXEN)
And he sat upon his seat as Gr. once and once
in former times, even on his seat by the wall, and he went before Jonathan; and Abenner sat on one side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.
1 Samuel 20 : 26 (LXXEN)
And Saul said nothing on that day, for he said, It seems to have fallen out that he is not clean, because he has not purified himself.
1 Samuel 20 : 27 (LXXEN)
And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jessae attended both yesterday and today at the table?
1 Samuel 20 : 28 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan answered Saul, and said to him, David asked leave of me to go as far as Bethleem his city;
1 Samuel 20 : 29 (LXXEN)
and he said, Let me go, I pray thee, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brethren have Gr. given a charge for me
sent for me; and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, I will even go over and see my brethren: therefore he is not present at the table of the king.
1 Samuel 20 : 30 (LXXEN)
And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of Lit. deserting in a military sense
traitorous damsels! for do I not know that thou art an accomplice with the son of Jessae to thy same, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?
1 Samuel 20 : 31 (LXXEN)
For Gr. all the days that
so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he Gr. is a son of death
shall surely die.
1 Samuel 20 : 32 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan answered Saul, Why Gr. does he die?
is he to die? What has he done?
1 Samuel 20 : 33 (LXXEN)
And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.
1 Samuel 20 : 34 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day of the month, for he grieved bitterly for David, because his father determined on mischief against him.
1 Samuel 20 : 35 (LXXEN)
And morning came, and Jonathan went out to the field, as he appointed to do for a signal to David, and a little boy was with him.
1 Samuel 20 : 36 (LXXEN)
And he said to the boy, Run, find me the arrows which I shoot: and the boy ran, and Jonathan shot an arrow, and sent it beyond him.
1 Samuel 20 : 37 (LXXEN)
And the boy came to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan shot; and Jonathan cried out after the lad, and said, The arrow is on that side of thee and beyond thee.
1 Samuel 20 : 38 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make all speed, and stay not. And Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master.
1 Samuel 20 : 39 (LXXEN)
And the boy knew nothing, only Jonathan and David knew.
1 Samuel 20 : 40 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to his boy, Go, enter into the city.
1 Samuel 20 : 41 (LXXEN)
And when the lad went in, then David arose from the See verse 19
argab, and fell upon his face, and did obeisance to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while.
1 Samuel 20 : 42 (LXXEN)
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, and as we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be witness between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever—even so let it be. And David arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
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