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1 # And David <01732> fled <01272> (8799) from Naioth <05121> in Ramah <07414>, and came <0935> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) before <06440> Jonathan <03083>, What have I done <06213> (8804)? what is mine iniquity <05771>? and what is my sin <02403> before <06440> thy father <01>, that he seeketh <01245> (8764) my life <05315>?
2 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, God forbid <02486>; thou shalt not die <04191> (8799): behold, my father <01> will do <06213> (8799) (8675) <06213> (8804) nothing <01697> either great <01419> or small <06996>, but that he will shew <01540> (8799) <0241> it me: and why should my father <01> hide <05641> (8686) this thing <01697> from me? it is not so.
3 And David <01732> sware <07650> (8735) moreover, and said <0559> (8799), Thy father <01> certainly <03045> (8800) knoweth <03045> (8804) that I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thine eyes <05869> ; and he saith <0559> (8799), Let not Jonathan <03083> know <03045> (8799) this, lest he be grieved <06087> (8735) : but truly <0199> as the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, there is but a step <06587> between me and death <04194>.
4 Then said <0559> (8799) Jonathan <03083> unto David <01732>, Whatsoever thy soul <05315> desireth <0559> (8799), I will even do <06213> (8799) it for thee.
5 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Jonathan <03083>, Behold, to morrow <04279> is the new moon <02320>, and I should not fail <03427> (8800) to sit <03427> (8799) with the king <04428> at meat <0398> (8800) : but let me go <07971> (8765), that I may hide <05641> (8738) myself in the field <07704> unto the third <07992> day at even <06153>.
6 If thy father <01> at all <06485> (8800) miss <06485> (8799) me, then say <0559> (8804) , David <01732> earnestly <07592> (8736) asked <07592> (8738) leave of me that he might run <07323> (8800) to Bethlehem <01035> his city <05892>: for there is a yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077> there for all the family <04940>.
7 If he say <0559> (8799) thus, It is well <02896>; thy servant <05650> shall have peace <07965>: but if he be very <02734> (8800) wroth <02734> (8799), then be sure <03045> (8798) that evil <07451> is determined <03615> (8804) by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal <06213> (8804) kindly <02617> with thy servant <05650>; for thou hast brought <0935> (8689) thy servant <05650> into a covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> with thee: notwithstanding, if there be <03426> in me iniquity <05771>, slay <04191> (8685) me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring <0935> (8686) me to thy father <01>?
9 # And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799), Far be it from thee <02486>: for if I knew <03045> (8799) certainly <03045> (8800) that evil <07451> were determined <03615> (8804) by my father <01> to come <0935> (8800) upon thee, then would not I tell <05046> (8686) it thee?
10 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732> to Jonathan <03083>, Who shall tell <05046> (8686) me? or what if thy father <01> answer <06030> (8799) thee roughly <07186>?
11 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Come <03212> (8798), and let us go out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704>. And they went out <03318> (8799) both <08147> of them into the field <07704> .
12 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, when I have sounded <02713> (8799) my father <01> about to morrow <04279> any time <06256>, or the third <07992> day, and, behold, if there be good <02895> (8804) toward David <01732>, and I then send <07971> (8799) not unto thee, and shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it thee;
13 The LORD <03068> do <06213> (8799) so <03541> and much more <03254> (8686) to Jonathan <03083> : but if it please <03190> (8686) my father <01> to do thee evil <07451>, then I will shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it thee, and send thee away <07971> (8765), that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) in peace <07965>: and the LORD <03068> be with thee, as he hath been with my father <01>.
14 And thou shalt not only while yet <0518> I live <02416> shew <06213> (8799) me the kindness <02617> of the LORD <03068>, that I die <04191> (8799) not:
15 But also thou shalt not cut off <03772> (8686) thy kindness <02617> from my house <01004> for <05704> ever <05769>: no, not when the LORD <03068> hath cut off <03772> (8687) the enemies <0341> (8802) of David <01732> every one <0376> from the face <06440> of the earth <0127>.
16 So Jonathan <03083> made <03772> (8799) a covenant with the house <01004> of David <01732>, saying , Let the LORD <03068> even require <01245> (8765) it at the hand <03027> of David's <01732> enemies <0341> (8802).
17 And Jonathan <03083> caused David <01732> to swear <07650> (8687) again <03254> (8686), because he loved <0160> him: for he loved <0157> (8804) him as he loved <0160> his own soul <05315>.
18 Then Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, To morrow <04279> is the new moon <02320> : and thou shalt be missed <06485> (8738), because thy seat <04186> will be empty <06485> (8735).
19 And when thou hast stayed three days <08027> (8765), then thou shalt go down <03381> (8799) quickly <03966>, and come <0935> (8804) to the place <04725> where thou didst hide <05641> (8738) thyself when <03117> the business <04639> was in hand, and shalt remain <03427> (8804) by <0681> the stone <068> Ezel <0237>.
20 And I will shoot <03384> (8686) three <07969> arrows <02671> on the side <06654> thereof, as though I shot <07971> (8763) at a mark <04307>.
21 And, behold, I will send <07971> (8799) a lad <05288>, saying, Go <03212> (8798), find out <04672> (8798) the arrows <02671>. If I expressly <0559> (8800) say <0559> (8799) unto the lad <05288>, Behold, the arrows <02671> are on this side of thee, take <03947> (8798) them; then come <0935> (8798) thou: for there is peace <07965> to thee, and no hurt <01697>; as the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>.
22 But if I say <0559> (8799) thus unto the young man <05958>, Behold, the arrows <02671> are beyond <01973> thee; go thy way <03212> (8798): for the LORD <03068> hath sent thee away <07971> (8765).
23 And as touching the matter <01697> which thou and I have spoken <01696> (8765) of, behold, the LORD <03068> be between thee and me for <05704> ever <05769>.
24 # So David <01732> hid <05641> (8735) himself in the field <07704>: and when the new moon <02320> was come, the king <04428> sat him down <03427> (8799) to eat <0398> (8800) meat <03899>.
25 And the king <04428> sat <03427> (8799) upon his seat <04186>, as at other times <06471>, even upon a seat <04186> by the wall <07023>: and Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> (8799), and Abner <074> sat <03427> (8799) by Saul's <07586> side <06654>, and David's <01732> place <04725> was empty <06485> (8735).
26 Nevertheless Saul <07586> spake <01696> (8765) not any thing <03972> that day <03117>: for he thought <0559> (8804), Something hath befallen <04745> him, he is not <01115> clean <02889>; surely he is not clean <02889>.
27 And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, which was the second <08145> day of the month <02320>, that David's <01732> place <04725> was empty <06485> (8735): and Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>, Wherefore cometh <0935> (8804) not the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> to meat <03899>, neither yesterday <08543> , nor to day <03117>?
28 And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> (8799) Saul <07586>, David <01732> earnestly <07592> (8736) asked <07592> (8738) leave of me <05978> to go to Bethlehem <01035>:
29 And he said <0559> (8799), Let me go <07971> (8761), I pray thee; for our family <04940> hath a sacrifice <02077> in the city <05892>; and my brother <0251>, he hath commanded <06680> (8765) me to be there: and now, if I have found <04672> (8804) favour <02580> in thine eyes <05869>, let me get away <04422> (8735), I pray thee, and see <07200> (8799) my brethren <0251>. Therefore he cometh <0935> (8804) not unto the king's <04428> table <07979>.
30 Then Saul's <07586> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799) against Jonathan <03083>, and he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou son <01121> of the perverse <05753> (8737) rebellious <04780> woman, do not I know <03045> (8804) that thou hast chosen <0977> (8802) the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> to thine own confusion <01322>, and unto the confusion <01322> of thy mother's <0517> nakedness <06172>?
31 For as long as <03117> the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> liveth <02425> (8804) upon the ground <0127> , thou shalt not be established <03559> (8735), nor thy kingdom <04438>. Wherefore now send <07971> (8798) and fetch <03947> (8798) him unto me, for he shall surely die <01121> <04194>.
32 And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> (8799) Saul <07586> his father <01>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain <04191> (8714)? what hath he done <06213> (8804)?
33 And Saul <07586> cast <02904> (8686) a javelin <02595> at him to smite <05221> (8687) him: whereby Jonathan <03083> knew <03045> (8799) that it was determined <03617> of his father <01> to slay <04191> (8687) David <01732>.
34 So Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> (8799) from the table <07979> in fierce <02750> anger <0639>, and did eat <0398> (8804) no meat <03899> the second <08145> day <03117> of the month <02320>: for he was grieved <06087> (8738) for David <01732>, because his father <01> had done him shame <03637> (8689).
35 # And it came to pass in the morning <01242>, that Jonathan <03083> went out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704> at the time appointed <04150> with David <01732>, and a little <06996> lad <05288> with him.
36 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his lad <05288>, Run <07323> (8798), find out <04672> (8798) now the arrows <02671> which I shoot <03384> (8688). And as the lad <05288> ran <07323> (8801), he shot <03384> (8804) an arrow <02678> beyond <05674> (8687) him.
37 And when the lad <05288> was come <0935> (8799) to the place <04725> of the arrow <02678> which Jonathan <03083> had shot <03384> (8804), Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> (8799) after <0310> the lad <05288>, and said <0559> (8799), Is not the arrow <02678> beyond <01973> thee?
38 And Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> (8799) after <0310> the lad <05288>, Make speed <04120>, haste <02363> (8798), stay <05975> (8799) not. And Jonathan's <03083> lad <05288> gathered up <03950> (8762) the arrows <02671> (8675) <02678>, and came <0935> (8799) to his master <0113>.
39 But the lad <05288> knew <03045> (8804) not any thing <03972>: only Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> knew <03045> (8804) the matter <01697>.
40 And Jonathan <03083> gave <05414> (8799) his artillery <03627> unto his lad <05288>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go <03212> (8798), carry <0935> (8685) them to the city <05892>.
41 And as soon as the lad <05288> was gone <0935> (8802), David <01732> arose <06965> (8804) out of a place toward <0681> the south <05045>, and fell <05307> (8799) on his face <0639> to the ground <0776>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself three <07969> times <06471>: and they kissed <05401> (8799) one <0376> another <07453>, and wept <01058> (8799) one <0376> with another <07453>, until David <01732> exceeded <01431> (8689) .
42 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, Go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965> , forasmuch as we have sworn <07650> (8738) both <08147> of us in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> be between me and thee, and between my seed <02233> and thy seed <02233> for <05704> ever <05769>. And he arose <06965> (8799) and departed <03212> (8799): and Jonathan <03083> went <0935> (8802) into the city <05892>.