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Then
David fled from Naioth in Ramah .
He
came to
Jonathan
and asked
, “
What have I done? What is my
iniquity? How
have
I
sinned
against
your
father, that he wants
to
take
my life? ”
And
David fled from Naioth in Ramah ,
and
came and said
before
Jonathan
, What have I done? what is mine
iniquity? and
what
is
my
sin
before
thy
father, that he seeketh
my life?
“Far
from
it!”
Jonathan
replied.
“You
will
not die .
Indeed
, my father does
nothing ,
great or small, without
telling
me .
So
why would
he
hide this matter
from me? This
cannot
be
true!”
And
he
said
unto
him,
God
forbid;
thou
shalt
not die :
behold
, my father will
do
nothing either
great or small, but
that
he
will
show
it
me :
and
why should
my
father
hide this thing
from me? it
is
not
so.
But
David again
vowed
, “Your
father knows
very
well
that I have found favor
in your
eyes ,
and he has
said
, ‘Jonathan
must
not know of
this, or
he will
be grieved .’
As
surely
as the LORD lives
and as you
yourself
live
, there is but a step between me and death. ”
And
David sware
moreover
, and
said,
Thy
father certainly
knoweth
that I have found grace
in thine
eyes ;
and he saith
, Let
not Jonathan
know this, lest
he be grieved :
but
truly
as the LORD liveth,
and as thy
soul
liveth
, there is but a step between me and death.
Then Jonathan
said to
David, “Whatever
you
desire
, I will do for you
. ”
Then said Jonathan
unto
David, Whatsoever
thy
soul
desireth
, I will even
do it
for thee
.
So
David told
him
, “Look
, tomorrow
is the New Moon, and I am
supposed
to dine
with the king .
Instead,
let me go and
hide in the field until
the third evening
from
now
.
And
David said
unto
Jonathan
, Behold
, to
morrow
is the new moon, and I should
not
fail
to sit
with the king at
meat:
but
let me go ,
that
I
may
hide myself
in the field unto
the third day
at
even
.
If your
father misses
me
at all, tell
him
, ‘
David urgently
requested
my
permission
to
hurry
to Bethlehem ,
his hometown,
because
there is an
annual
sacrifice for his
whole
clan
. ’
If thy
father at all miss
me
, then
say
, David earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
that
he
might
run
to Bethlehem his city:
for
there is a
yearly
sacrifice there
for all
the
family
.
If he says,
‘Good
, ’
then
your
servant
is safe,
but if he is
enraged
, you
will
know
he
has
evil intentions
.
If he say
thus
, It
is well;
thy
servant
shall
have
peace:
but if he be
very
wroth
, then
be
sure
that
evil is
determined
by
him
.
Therefore deal faithfully
with your
servant ,
for you
have
brought me
into a covenant with
you
before
the LORD .
If there is
iniquity
in me, then
kill
me yourself
; why should
you
bring me to your
father? ”
Therefore thou
shalt
deal kindly
with thy
servant ;
for thou
hast
brought thy
servant
into a covenant of
the LORD with
thee:
notwithstanding,
if there be
in me iniquity
, slay
me thyself
; for
why shouldest
thou
bring me to thy
father?
“Never!”
Jonathan replied.
“
If I ever
found
out
that my father had
evil
intentions
against
you
, would I
not tell you
? ”
And
Jonathan said,
Far
be
it
from
thee:
for
if I knew
certainly
that evil
were
determined
by
my father to
come
upon
thee
, then
would not I
tell it
thee
?
Then David asked
Jonathan, “
Who will
tell me if your
father answers
you
harshly
? ”
Then said
David to
Jonathan, Who shall
tell me ?
or
what
if thy
father answer
thee
roughly
?
“Come
, ”
he
replied
, “
let us go out to
the field. ”
So
the
two
of
them
went out into the field ,
And
Jonathan
said
unto
David
, Come
, and
let us go out into
the field. And
they
went out both
of
them
into the field .
and Jonathan said, “By
the
LORD ,
the
God of Israel, I will
sound
out
my father by
this
time tomorrow
or the next
day .
If he
is
favorable
toward you
, will
I not
send for
you
and tell
you?
And Jonathan said unto
David
, O
LORD God of Israel, when
I have
sounded
my father about
to
morrow
any
time ,
or the third
day ,
and,
behold,
if there
be
good
toward David
, and
I then
send not
unto
thee,
and show
it
thee;
But if my father intends
to bring
evil on
you
, then may
the
LORD
punish
me,
and
ever
so
severely,
if
I do
not
tell
you
and send you
on
your
way
in safety.
May
the LORD be with you
, just
as He has
been with my father.
The
LORD
do
so
and
much
more
to
Jonathan:
but if it
please
my father to do
thee
evil, then I will
show
it
thee,
and send thee
away,
that
thou
mayest
go
in peace:
and
the LORD be with thee
, as he hath
been with my father.
And as
long
as
I live ,
treat
me with
the LORD’s
loving
devotion
, that I may
not
die ,
And thou
shalt
not
only
while
yet
I live show
me the kindness
of
the
LORD
, that I die not:
and
do
not ever
cut off your
loving
devotion
from my household—
not even
when the LORD cuts
off every one of
David’s
enemies
from the face of the earth. ”
But
also
thou
shalt
not cut off thy
kindness
from my house
for
ever:
no,
not when the LORD hath
cut
off the
enemies
of
David
every one from the face of the earth.
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May
the LORD hold
David’s
enemies accountable
. ”
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let
the LORD even
require
it
at
the
hand
of
David's
enemies.
And Jonathan had
David reaffirm
his
vow
out
of
love
for
him
, for Jonathan
loved David
as he loved himself
.
And Jonathan caused
David to
swear
again
, because
he
loved
him:
for he
loved him
as he loved his
own
soul
.
Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow
is the New Moon ,
and you
will
be missed if
your
seat is
empty.
Then Jonathan said to David, To
morrow
is the new moon :
and thou
shalt
be missed ,
because
thy
seat will
be
empty.
When you
have
stayed three days, hurry
down to the place you
hid
on
the day
this
trouble
began
, and remain beside
the stone Ezel.
And
when thou
hast
stayed three days, then
thou
shalt
go
down quickly,
and
come
to the place where
thou
didst
hide
thyself
when
the business
was
in
hand
, and shalt
remain by
the stone Ezel.
I will shoot three arrows to
the side of
it
, as if
I were
aiming
at a target
.
And
I will shoot three arrows on
the side thereof
, as though
I shot
at a mark
.
Then
I will send a boy
and
say
, ‘
Go, find the arrows !’
Now,
if I expressly say to
him
, ‘Look
, the arrows are on this side of you;
bring
them
, ’
then come ,
because
as
surely
as
the
LORD
lives,
it
is
safe
for you
and
there is no danger
.
And,
behold,
I will send a lad
, saying,
Go, find out
the arrows .
If I expressly say unto
the
lad
, Behold
, the arrows are on this side of thee
, take
them;
then come thou:
for there is peace
to
thee,
and
no hurt;
as
the
LORD
liveth
.
But if I say to
the young man, ‘Look
, the arrows are beyond you,’
then
you
must
go ,
for the LORD has
sent you
away.
But if I say thus
unto
the young man, Behold
, the arrows are beyond thee;
go thy
way:
for the LORD hath
sent thee
away.
And as for
the matter you
and I have discussed
, the LORD is
a
witness
between you
and me forever
. ”
And as touching
the matter which
thou
and I have spoken
of
, behold,
the LORD be
between thee
and me for
ever
.
So David hid in the field ,
and when the New Moon had
come, the king sat down to eat.
So David hid himself
in the field :
and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him
down to eat meat
.
He
sat in
his usual
place
by the wall ,
opposite
Jonathan and beside
Abner, but
David’s
place was empty.
And
the
king
sat upon
his seat,
as
at
other
times,
even
upon
a
seat
by the wall :
and
Jonathan arose,
and Abner sat
by
Saul's
side
, and
David's
place was empty.
Saul said
nothing
that day because
he thought, “
Something has
happened
to
David
to
make
him ceremonially
unclean—
surely he is unclean
. ”
Nevertheless
Saul spake
not
any
thing
that day :
for
he thought, Something hath
befallen
him ,
he
is
not
clean;
surely he is not
clean
.
But
on the day
after
the
New
Moon
, the second day, David’s
place was still
empty ,
and Saul asked
his son Jonathan
, “Why
hasn’t
the son of Jesse come
to the
meal
either
yesterday or
today
? ”
And
it
came
to
pass
on the morrow
, which
was
the second day of
the
month
, that
David's
place was empty :
and Saul said
unto
Jonathan
his son, Wherefore
cometh
not
the son of Jesse to meat,
neither
yesterday ,
nor
to
day
?
Jonathan answered, “
David urgently
requested
my
permission
to go to Bethlehem ,
And
Jonathan answered Saul
, David earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
to go to Bethlehem :
saying
, ‘Please
let me go, because
our clan
is
holding
a sacrifice in the city ,
and my brother has
told
me to be there .
So
now, if I have found favor in your
eyes, please
let me go
and see my brothers
. ’
That
is
why
he did
not come
to
the king’s
table. ”
And
he
said
, Let me go, I
pray
thee;
for
our family
hath
a sacrifice in the city ;
and my brother ,
he
hath
commanded
me to be there :
and
now, if I have found favor in thine
eyes, let me get
away,
I
pray
thee,
and see my brethren
. Therefore
he cometh
not unto
the king's
table.
Then Saul’s
anger burned
against Jonathan, and he said to
him, “You
son of a
perverse and
rebellious woman !
Do I
not know that you
have
chosen the son of Jesse to your
own shame
and to
the disgrace
of the
mother
who
bore
you
?
Then Saul's
anger was
kindled
against Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou
son of the
perverse rebellious woman ,
do not I
know that thou
hast
chosen the son of Jesse to thine
own confusion,
and unto
the confusion
of thy
mother's
nakedness
?
For as long as the son of Jesse lives
on
this
earth
, neither
you
nor
your
kingship
shall
be established. Now send for
him
and bring
him to
me, for he must
surely die !”
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth
upon
the
ground
, thou
shalt
not
be established ,
nor
thy
kingdom
. Wherefore
now send and fetch
him unto
me, for he shall
surely die .
“Why
must
he be put
to
death
? ”
Jonathan
replied.
“
What has
he done? ”
And
Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
and
said
unto
him,
Wherefore
shall
he be slain
? what hath
he done?
Then
Saul hurled
his
spear
at Jonathan
to kill
him ;
so
Jonathan knew that his
father
was determined to kill
David.
And
Saul cast
a
javelin
at him
to smite
him :
whereby
Jonathan knew that it
was determined of
his
father
to slay
David.
Jonathan got
up
from the table in fierce anger and did not
eat any
food
that
second day of the month ,
for he was grieved by
his
father’s
shameful
treatment
of
David.
So
Jonathan arose
from the table in fierce anger ,
and did eat no
meat
the
second day of the month :
for he was grieved for
David ,
because
his
father
had
done
him
shame
.
In the morning Jonathan went out to
the field for
the appointment
with David, and a small
boy
was
with him.
And
it
came
to
pass
in the morning ,
that
Jonathan went out into
the field at
the time
appointed
with David, and a little
lad
with him.
He said to
the
boy
, “
Run and
find the arrows I shoot. ”
And as the boy
ran, Jonathan
shot an arrow beyond him.
And
he said unto
his
lad
, Run ,
find out
now
the arrows which
I shoot. And as the lad
ran, he
shot an arrow beyond him.
When the boy
reached
the place where
Jonathan’s
arrow had fallen
, Jonathan called
to
him
, “Isn’t
the arrow beyond you
? ”
And
when the lad
was
come
to
the place of
the
arrow which
Jonathan
had shot
, Jonathan cried
after
the
lad
, and
said,
Is
not
the arrow beyond thee
?
Then
Jonathan cried out
, “Hurry!
Make haste !
Do
not delay!”
So
the
boy
picked
up the arrow
and returned
to his master.
And
Jonathan cried after
the
lad
, Make speed,
haste ,
stay
not .
And
Jonathan's
lad
gathered
up the arrows,
and came
to his master.
But the boy
did
not know
anything;
only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement
.
But the lad
knew
not any
thing:
only Jonathan and David knew the matter
.
Then
Jonathan gave his equipment
to
the
boy
and said, “
Go, take
it
back
to the city. ”
And
Jonathan gave his artillery
unto
his
lad,
and said unto
him
, Go, carry
them
to the city.
When
the young
man
had
gone, David got
up
from
the
south
side
of the stone
, fell facedown
, and bowed three times .
Then
he
and Jonathan
kissed each
other
and wept together—though
David wept
more
.
And
as
soon
as
the lad
was
gone, David arose
out
of a
place
toward
the south
, and
fell on
his
face
to
the
ground
, and bowed himself
three times :
and they
kissed one
another,
and wept one
with
another,
until
David exceeded
.
And Jonathan said to David, “
Go in peace, for
the
two
of
us
have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May
the LORD be a
witness
between you
and
me, and between your
descendants
and mine
forever
. ’”
Then
David
got
up
and departed ,
and Jonathan went back
into the city.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch
as
we
have sworn both
of
us
in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and
thee
, and between my
seed
and thy
seed
for
ever
. And he
arose
and
departed :
and Jonathan went into the city.
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