1 Samuel 20
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1 Samuel 20:4-9

4Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “WhateverH4100 youH5315 desireH559, I will doH6213 for you.”

5So DavidH1732H413 toldH559 himH3083, “LookH2009, tomorrowH4279 is the New MoonH2320,1 and I amH595 supposed to dineH3427H398 withH5973 the kingH4428. Instead, let me goH7971 and hideH5641 in the fieldH7704 untilH5704 the thirdH7992 evening from nowH6153. 6IfH518 your fatherH1 misses me at allH6485, tell himH559, ‘DavidH1732 urgently requestedH7592 myH4480 permission to hurryH7323 to BethlehemH1035, his hometownH5892, becauseH3588 there isH8033 an annualH3117 sacrificeH2077 for his wholeH3605 clanH4940.’ 7IfH518H3541 he saysH559, ‘GoodH2896,’ then your servantH5650 is safeH7965, but ifH518 he is enragedH2734, you will knowH3045H3588 he has evilH7451H5973 intentionsH3615. 8Therefore showH6213 kindnessH2617 toH5921 your servantH5650, forH3588 you have broughtH935 meH5650 into a covenantH1285 withH5973 you before the LORDH3068. IfH518 there isH3426 iniquityH5771 in me, then kill meH4191 yourselfH859; whyH4100H2088 should you bring meH935 toH5704 your fatherH1?”

9“NeverH2486!” JonathanH3083 repliedH559. “IfH518 I ever found outH3045 thatH3588 my fatherH1H935 had evilH7451H5973 intentionsH3615 against youH5921, would I notH3808 tellH5046 you?”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 20:5 That is, the New Moon feast; also in verses 18, 24, and 27 ↩

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