Most Popular Bible Verses in 1 Samuel 20
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Then I will send the young man and say, ‘Go and find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you—get them,’ then come, because as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no problem.
But if I say this to the youth: ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you!’
Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you are siding with Jesse’s son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?
Saul did not say anything that day because he thought, “Something unexpected has happened; he must be ceremonially unclean—yes, that’s it, he is unclean.”
Jonathan answered, “David asked for my permission to go to Bethlehem.
As for the matter you and I have spoken about,
In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointed meeting with David. A small young man was with him.
He said to the young man, “Run and find the arrows I’m shooting.”
He came to the location of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, but Jonathan called to him and said, “The arrow is beyond you, isn’t it?”
David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done?
He sat at his usual place on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat facing him
However, the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
Jonathan said to him, “No, you won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without telling me.
But David said, “Your father certainly knows that you have come to look favorably on me. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone Ezel, fell with his face to the ground, and bowed three times.
Every day Jesse’s son lives on earth you and your kingship are not secure. Now send for him and bring him to me—he deserves to die.”
If my father intends to bring evil on you, may God punish Jonathan and do so severely
Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan to kill him,
Jonathan once again swore to David
Jonathan then said to David, “Go in the assurance the two of us pledged in the name of the Lord when we said: The Lord will be a witness between you and me and between my offspring and your offspring forever.”
If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David urgently requested my permission to quickly go to his town Bethlehem
Deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the Lord.
don’t ever withdraw your faithful love from my household—not even when the Lord cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the New Moon;
So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon,
“By the Lord, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If I find out that he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
The following day hurry down and go to the place where you hid on the day this incident began and stay beside the rock Ezel.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,
He said, ‘Please let me go because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if you are pleased with me, let me go so I can see my brothers.’ That’s why he didn’t come to the king’s table.”
If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he becomes angry, you will know he has evil intentions.
“No!” Jonathan responded. “If I ever find out my father has evil intentions against you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”
He got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the New Moon, for he was grieved because of his father’s shameful behavior toward David.
Then Jonathan called to him, “Hurry up and don’t stop!” Jonathan’s young man picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the young man who was with him and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
He answered David, “Come on, let’s go out to the field.” So both of them went out to the field.