New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 20:5-18

5So DavidH1732 saidH559 to JonathanH3083, “BeholdH2009, tomorrowH4279 is 1the newH2320 moonH2320, and I am obligatedH3427 2to sitH3427 downH3427 to eatH398 with the kingH4428. But letH7971 me goH7971 3so that I may hideH5641 myself in the fieldH7704 untilH5704 the thirdH7992 eveningH6153. 6IfH518 your fatherH1 missesH6485 me atH6485 allH6485, then sayH559, ‘DavidH1732 earnestlyH7592 requestedH7592 leave of me to runH7323 to 4BethlehemH1035, his cityH5892, becauseH3588 it is 5the yearlyH3117 sacrificeH2077 thereH8033 for the wholeH3605 familyH4940.’ 7IfH518 he 6saysH559, ‘That is goodH2896,’ your servantH5650 will be safeH7965; but ifH518 he isH2734 veryH2734 angryH2734, 7beH3045 awareH3045 that he has decidedH3615 on evilH7463. 8So dealH6213 kindlyH2617 with your servantH5650, for 8you have broughtH935 your servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 with you. But 9ifH518 10I am guiltyH5771 ofH5771 wrongdoingH5771, killH4191 me yourselfH859; for whyH4100 thenH2088 should you bringH935 me to your fatherH1?” 9JonathanH3083 saidH559, “FarH2486 be it from you! For ifH518 I inH3045 factH3045 learnH3045 that my fatherH1 has decidedH3615 11to inflictH935 harmH7463 on you, would I not informH5046 you?” 10Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to JonathanH3083, “WhoH4310 will informH5046 me 12ifH176 H4100 your fatherH1 answersH6030 you harshlyH7186?” 11JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “ComeH1980, and let’s goH3318 outH3318 to the fieldH7704.” So bothH8147 of them wentH3318 outH3318 to the fieldH7704.

12Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “The LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, is my witness! WhenH3588 I have soundedH2713 outH2713 my fatherH1 about this timeH6256 tomorrowH4279 or the thirdH7992 day, beholdH2009, if he has a goodH2895 feeling towardH413 13you, shall I not thenH227 sendH7971 word to you and 14informH1540 H241 you? 13IfH3588 it pleasesH3190 my fatherH1 to do you harmH7463, 15may the LordH3068 doH6213 soH3541 to 16meH3083 and moreH3254 soH3541, if I fail to 17informH1540 H241 you and sendH7971 you awayH7971, so that you may goH1980 in safetyH7965. And 18may the LordH3068 be with you as He has beenH1961 with my fatherH1. 14And ifH518 I am stillH5750 aliveH2416, will you not showH6213 me the faithfulnessH2617 of the LordH3068, so that I do not dieH4191? 15And 19you shall neverH3808 H5704 H5769 cutH3772 offH3772 your loyaltyH2617 to my houseH1004, not even when the LordH3068 cutsH3772 offH3772 everyH376 oneH376 of the enemiesH340 of DavidH1732 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127.” 16So JonathanH3083 madeH3772 a covenant with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, saying, “20May the LordH3068 demandH1245 it from the handsH3027 of David’sH1732 enemiesH340.” 17And JonathanH3083 made DavidH1732 vowH7650 againH3254 because of his loveH160 for him, becauseH3588 21he lovedH157 him as he lovedH157 his own lifeH5315.

18Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 to him, “22TomorrowH4279 is the newH2320 moonH2320, and you will be missedH6485 sinceH3588 your seatH4186 will beH6485 emptyH6485.

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Notes

1. 1 Samuel 20:5 Num 10:10; 28:11-15; Amos 8:5 ↩
2. 1 Samuel 20:5 1 Sam 20:24, 27 ↩
3. 1 Samuel 20:5 1 Sam 19:2 ↩
4. 1 Samuel 20:6 1 Sam 17:58 ↩
5. 1 Samuel 20:6 Deut 12:5; 1 Sam 9:12 ↩
6. 1 Samuel 20:7 Lit says thus ↩
7. 1 Samuel 20:7 1 Sam 25:17 ↩
8. 1 Samuel 20:8 1 Sam 18:3; 23:18 ↩
9. 1 Samuel 20:8 2 Sam 14:32 ↩
10. 1 Samuel 20:8 Lit guilt exists in me ↩
11. 1 Samuel 20:9 Lit evil to come on ↩
12. 1 Samuel 20:10 As in ancient versions; MT or what your father ↩
13. 1 Samuel 20:12 Lit David ↩
14. 1 Samuel 20:12 Lit uncover your ear ↩
15. 1 Samuel 20:13 Ruth 1:17; 1 Sam 3:17 ↩
16. 1 Samuel 20:13 Lit Jonathan ↩
17. 1 Samuel 20:13 Lit uncover your ear ↩
18. 1 Samuel 20:13 Josh 1:5; 1 Sam 17:37; 18:12; 1 Chr 22:11, 16 ↩
19. 1 Samuel 20:15 2 Sam 9:1, 3 ↩
20. 1 Samuel 20:16 Deut 23:21; 1 Sam 25:22 ↩
21. 1 Samuel 20:17 1 Sam 18:1 ↩
22. 1 Samuel 20:18 1 Sam 20:5, 25 ↩

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