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1 Samuel 20:9-23
9And JonathanH3083 saidH559, FarH2486 be it from thee; for, if I knewH3045 with certainty that evilH7451 were determined by my fatherH1 to comeH935 upon thee, would I not tellH5046 it thee?
10Then saidH559 DavidH1732 to JonathanH3083, Who shall tellH5046 me? or what if thy fatherH1 answerH6030 thee roughly?
11And JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, ComeH3318 and let us goH3318 out into the fieldH7704. And they wentH3318 out both of them into the fieldH7704.
12And JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, Jehovah, 1GodH430 of IsraelH3478, when I sound my fatherH1 about this timeH6256 to-morrow, [or] the next day, and behold, there be goodH2896 toward DavidH1732, and I thenH227 sendH7971 not to thee, and apprise thee of it,
13Jehovah do so and much more to JonathanH3083. Should it please my fatherH1 [to do] thee evilH7451, then I will apprise thee of it, and sendH7971 thee awayH7971, that thou mayest goH1980 in peaceH7965; and Jehovah beH1961 with thee, as he has beenH1961 with my fatherH1.
14And thou shalt not only while yetH5750 I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I dieH4191 not,
15but thou shalt not cutH3772 off thy kindness from my houseH1004 for everH5769, no, not when Jehovah cutsH3772 off the enemiesH341 of DavidH1732, every oneH376 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127.
16And JonathanH3083 madeH3772 [a covenant] with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, [saying,] Let Jehovah even requireH1245 [it] at the handH3027 of David's enemiesH341!
17And JonathanH3083 caused DavidH1732 to swearH7650 again, by the loveH157 he had for him, for he lovedH157 him as he lovedH157 his ownH5315 soulH5315.
18And JonathanH3083 saidH559 to him, To-morrow is the newH2320 moonH2320; and thou wilt be missedH6485, for thy seatH4186 will be empty;
19but on the thirdH8027 dayH3117 thou shalt goH935 down quickly, and comeH935 to the placeH4725 whereH834 thou didst hideH5641 thyself on the dayH3117 of the business, and abide by the stoneH68 Ezel.
20And I will shootH3384 threeH7969 arrowsH2678 on the sideH6654 of it, as though I shotH3384 at a mark.
21And behold, I will sendH7971 the ladH5288, [sayingH559,] GoH935, findH4672 the arrowsH2678. If I expressly sayH559 to the ladH5288, Behold, the arrowsH2678 are on this side of thee, takeH3947 them; then comeH935, for there is peaceH7965 for thee, and it is nothingH369; [as] Jehovah liveth.
22But if I sayH559 thusH3541 to the youth: Behold, the arrowsH2678 are beyond thee, — goH7971 thy way; for Jehovah sendsH7971 thee awayH7971.
23And as to the matterH1697 which thou and I have spokenH1696 of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for everH5769.
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 20:12 20.12 Elohim ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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