1 Samuel 20
NET
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

New English Translation

1 Samuel 20:35-42

35The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

36He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan shot the arrow beyond him.

37When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to the servant, “Isn’t the arrow further beyond you?”

38Jonathan called out to the servant, “Hurry! Go faster! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

39(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.)

40Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, “Go, take these things back to the city.”

41When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

42Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the Lord saying, ‘The Lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’”

Read all of 1 Samuel 20

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20

New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.