ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 20
1. And David[H1732] fled[H1272] from Naioth[H5121] in Ramah[H7414], and came[H935] and said[H559] before[H6440] Jonathan[H3083], What have I done[H6213]? what is mine iniquity[H5771]? and what is my sin[H2403] before[H6440] thy father[H1], that he seeketh[H1245] my life[H5315]?
2. And he said[H559] unto him[H2486], Far from it; thou shalt not die[H4191]: behold[H1], my father doeth[H6213] nothing[H1697] either great[H1419] or small[H6996], but that he discloseth[H1540] it unto me[H1]; and why should my father hide[H5641] this thing from me[H1697]? it is not so.
3. And David[H1732] sware[H7650] moreover[H559], and said, Thy father[H1] knoweth[H3045] well[H3045] that I have found[H4672] favor[H2580] in thine eyes[H5869]; and he saith[H559], Let not Jonathan[H3083] know[H3045] this[H6087], lest he be grieved: but truly[H199] as Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], and as thy soul[H5315] liveth[H2416], there is but a step[H6587] between me and death[H4194].
4. Then said[H559] Jonathan[H3083] unto David[H1732], Whatsoever thy soul[H5315] desireth[H559], I will even do it for thee[H6213].
5. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto Jonathan[H3083], Behold[H4279], to-morrow is the new moon[H2320], and I should not fail[H3427] to sit[H3427] with the king[H4428] at meat[H398]: but let me go[H7971], that I may hide[H5641] myself in the field[H7704] unto the third[H7992] day at even[H6153].
6. If thy father[H1] miss[H6485] me at all[H6485], then say[H559], David[H1732] earnestly[H7592] asked[H7592] leave of me that he might run[H7323] to Beth-lehem[H1035] his city[H5892]; for it is the yearly[H3117] sacrifice[H2077] there for all the family[H4940].
7. If he say[H559] thus[H2896], It is well; thy servant[H5650] shall have peace[H7965]: but if he be[H2734] wroth[H2734], then know[H3045] that evil[H7451] is determined by him[H3615].
8. Therefore deal[H6213] kindly[H2617] with thy servant[H5650]; for thou hast brought[H935] thy servant[H5650] into a covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] with thee[H3426]: but if there be in me iniquity[H5771], slay[H4191] me thyself[H935]; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father[H1]?
9. And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559], Far be it from thee[H2486]; for if I should at all[H3045] know[H3045] that evil[H7451] were determined[H3615] by my father[H1] to come[H935] upon thee[H5046], then would not I tell it thee?
10. Then said[H559] David[H1732] to Jonathan[H3083], Who shall tell[H5046] me if perchance thy father[H1] answer[H6030] thee roughly[H7186]?
11. And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] unto David[H1732], Come[H3212], and let us go out[H3318] into the field[H7704]. And they went out[H3318] both[H8147] of them into the field[H7704].
12. And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] unto David[H1732], Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], be witness[H2713]: when I have sounded my father[H1] about this time[H6256] to-morrow[H4279], or the third[H7992] day[H6256], behold[H2895], if there be good toward David[H1732], shall I not then send unto thee[H7971], and disclose it unto thee?
13. Jehovah[H3068] do[H6213] so[H3541] to Jonathan[H3083], and more[H3254] also[H3190], should it please my father[H1] to do thee evil[H7451], if I disclose[H1540] it not unto thee[H7971], and send thee away, that thou mayest go[H1980] in peace[H7965]: and Jehovah[H3068] be with thee[H1], as he hath been with my father.
14. And thou shalt not only while yet[H518] I live[H2416] show[H6213] me the lovingkindness[H2617] of Jehovah[H3068], that I die not[H4191];
15. but also thou shalt not cut off[H3772] thy kindness[H2617] from my house[H1004] for[H5704] ever[H5769]; no[H3068], not when Jehovah hath cut off[H3772] the enemies[H341] of David[H1732] every one[H376] from the face[H6440] of the earth[H127].
16. So Jonathan[H3083] made[H3772] a covenant with the house[H1004] of David[H1732], saying[H3068], And Jehovah will require[H1245] it at the hand[H3027] of David[H1732]'s enemies[H341].
17. And Jonathan[H3083] caused David[H1732] to swear[H7650] again[H3254], for the love[H160] that he had to him[H160]; for he loved him as he loved[H160] his own soul[H5315].
18. Then Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] unto him[H1732], To-morrow[H4279] is the new moon[H2320]: and thou wilt be missed[H6485], because thy seat[H4186] will be empty[H6485].
19. And when thou hast stayed three days[H8027], thou shalt go down[H3381] quickly[H3966], and come[H935] to the place[H4725] where thou didst hide[H5641] thyself when[H3117] the business[H4639] was in hand[H3427], and shalt remain by[H681] the stone[H68] Ezel[H237].
20. And I will shoot[H3384] three[H7969] arrows[H2671] on the side[H6654] thereof[H7971], as though I shot at a mark[H4307].
21. And[H7971], behold, I will send the lad[H5288], saying[H559], Go[H3212], find[H4672] the arrows[H2671]. If I say[H559] unto the lad[H5288], Behold[H2671], the arrows are on this side of thee[H3947]; take them[H935], and come; for there is peace[H7965] to thee and no hurt[H1697], as Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416].
22. But if I say[H559] thus unto the boy[H5958], Behold[H2671], the arrows are beyond[H1973] thee[H3212]; go thy way; for Jehovah[H3068] hath sent thee away[H7971].
23. And as touching the matter[H1697] which thou and I have spoken[H1696] of[H3068], behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for[H5704] ever[H5769].
24. So David[H1732] hid[H5641] himself in the field[H7704]: and when the new moon[H2320] was come[H4428], the king sat him down[H3427] to eat[H398] food[H3899].
25. And the king[H4428] sat[H3427] upon his seat[H4186], as at other times[H6471], even upon the seat[H4186] by the wall[H7023]; and Jonathan[H3083] stood up[H6965], and Abner[H74] sat[H3427] by Saul[H7586]'s side[H6654]: but David[H1732]'s place[H4725] was empty[H6485].
26. Nevertheless Saul[H7586] spake[H1696] not anything[H3972] that day[H3117]: for he thought[H559], Something hath befallen[H4745] him[H1115], he is not clean[H2889]; surely he is not clean[H2889].
27. And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283] after the new moon[H2320], which was the second[H8145] day[H1732], that David's place[H4725] was empty[H6485]: and Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto Jonathan[H3083] his son[H1121], Wherefore cometh[H935] not the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448] to meat[H3899], neither yesterday[H8543], nor to-day[H3117]?
28. And Jonathan[H3083] answered[H6030] Saul[H7586], David[H1732] earnestly[H7592] asked[H7592] leave of me[H5978] to go to Beth-lehem[H1035]:
29. and he said[H559], Let me go[H7971], I pray thee[H4940]; for our family hath a sacrifice[H2077] in the city[H5892]; and my brother[H251], he hath commanded[H6680] me to be there[H4672]: and now, if I have found favor[H2580] in thine eyes[H5869], let me get away[H4422], I pray thee[H7200], and see my brethren[H251]. Therefore he is not come[H935] unto the king[H4428]'s table[H7979].
30. Then Saul[H7586]'s anger[H639] was kindled[H2734] against Jonathan[H3083], and he said[H559] unto him[H1121], Thou son of a perverse[H5753] rebellious[H4780] woman[H3045], do not I know that thou hast chosen[H977] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448] to thine own shame[H1322], and unto the shame[H1322] of thy mother[H517]'s nakedness[H6172]?
31. For as long as[H3117] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448] liveth[H2425] upon the ground[H127], thou shalt not be established[H3559], nor thy kingdom[H4438]. Wherefore now send[H7971] and fetch[H3947] him unto me[H1121], for he shall surely die.
32. And Jonathan[H3083] answered[H6030] Saul[H7586] his father[H1], and said[H559] unto him[H4191], Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done[H6213]?
33. And Saul[H7586] cast[H2904] his spear[H2595] at him to smite[H5221] him[H3083]; whereby Jonathan knew[H3045] that it was determined[H3617] of his father[H1] to put David[H1732] to death[H4191].
34. So Jonathan[H3083] arose[H6965] from the table[H7979] in fierce[H2750] anger[H639], and did eat[H398] no food[H3899] the second[H8145] day[H3117] of the month[H2320]; for he was grieved[H6087] for David[H1732], because his father[H1] had done him shame[H3637].
35. And it came to pass in the morning[H1242], that Jonathan[H3083] went out[H3318] into the field[H7704] at the time appointed[H4150] with David[H1732], and a little[H6996] lad with him[H5288].
36. And he said[H559] unto his lad[H5288], Run[H7323], find[H4672] now the arrows[H2671] which I shoot[H3384]. And as the lad[H5288] ran[H7323], he shot[H3384] an arrow[H2678] beyond him[H5674].
37. And when the lad[H5288] was come[H935] to the place[H4725] of the arrow[H2678] which Jonathan[H3083] had shot[H3384], Jonathan[H3083] cried[H7121] after[H310] the lad[H5288], and said[H559], Is not the arrow[H2678] beyond thee[H1973]?
38. And Jonathan[H3083] cried[H7121] after[H310] the lad[H5288], Make speed[H4120], haste[H2363], stay[H5975] not[H3083]. And Jonathan's lad[H5288] gathered up[H3950] the arrows[H2671], and came[H935] to his master[H113].
39. But the lad[H5288] knew[H3045] not anything[H3972]: only Jonathan[H3083] and David[H1732] knew[H3045] the matter[H1697].
40. And Jonathan[H3083] gave[H5414] his weapons[H3627] unto his lad[H5288], and said[H559] unto him[H3212], Go, carry[H935] them to the city[H5892].
41. And as soon as the lad[H5288] was gone[H935], David[H1732] arose[H6965] out of a place toward[H681] the South[H5045], and fell[H5307] on his face[H639] to the ground[H776], and bowed[H7812] himself three[H7969] times[H6471]: and they kissed[H5401] one[H376] another[H7453], and wept[H1058] one[H376] with another[H7453], until David[H1732] exceeded[H1431].
42. And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] to David[H1732], Go[H3212] in peace[H7965], forasmuch as we have sworn[H7650] both[H8147] of us in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] shall be between me and thee[H2233], and between my seed and thy seed[H2233], for[H5704] ever[H5769]. And he arose[H6965] and departed[H3212]: and Jonathan[H3083] went[H935] into the city[H5892].
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