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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? ”
David fled from Naioth in Ramah ,
and
came and said
before
Jonathan
, "
What have I done? What is my iniquity? "
and
"What
is
my
sin
before
your father, that he seeks
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!”
He
said
to
him,
"
Far from it ;
you shall
not die :
behold
, my father does nothing either
great or small, but
that
he
discloses
it
to
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. ”
David swore
moreover
, and
said,
Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes ;
and he says
, Don't
let
Jonathan know this, lest
he be grieved :
but
truly
as Yahweh
lives ,
and as your
soul
lives
, 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
to David, Whatever your
soul
desires
, I will even
do it
for you.
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
.
David said
to
Jonathan
, Behold
, tomorrow 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 to
the third day
at
evening.
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 your father miss
me at all, then
say
, David earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
that
he
might
run
to Bethlehem his city;
for
it
is the
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 says, 'It
is
well;'
your servant shall
have
peace:
but if he be
angry
, then
know 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 deal kindly
with your servant ;
for you have brought your
servant
into a covenant of
Yahweh
with you :
but
if there be
in me iniquity
, kill me yourself; for
why should you bring me to your father?
“Never!”
Jonathan replied.
“
If I ever
found
out
that my father had
evil
intentions
against
you, would
I not
tell you? ”
Jonathan said,
Far
be
it
from
you;
for
if I should
at
all
know
that evil
were
determined
by
my father to
come
on
you, then
wouldn't
I tell you that
?
Then David asked
Jonathan, “
Who will
tell me if your father answers
you harshly
? ”
Then said
David to
Jonathan, Who shall
tell me if perchance
your father answer
you roughly
?
“Come
, ”
he
replied
, “
let us go out to
the field. ”
So
the
two
of
them
went out into the field ,
Jonathan
said
to
David
, Come
, and
let us go out into
the field. 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?
Jonathan said to
David
, Yahweh
, the God of Israel, [be
witness]:
when
I have
sounded
my father about
this time tomorrow ,
[
or ]
the third
day ,
behold,
if there
be
good
toward David
, shall
I not then
send to
you ,
and disclose
it
to
you?
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.
Yahweh
do
so
to
Jonathan,
and
more
also,
should
it
please
my father to do
you evil
, if I don't
disclose
it
to
you ,
and send you away,
that
you
may go
in
peace:
and
Yahweh
be with you, as he has been with my father.
And
as
long
as
I live ,
treat
me with
the LORD’s
loving devotion
, that I may
not die ,
You
shall
not
only
while
yet
I live show
me the loving kindness
of
Yahweh
, that I not die ;
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
you
shall
not cut off your kindness
from my house
forever;
no,
not when Yahweh
has
cut
off the
enemies of
David
everyone
from the surface
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 ]
, Yahweh
will
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
.
Jonathan caused
David to
swear
again,
for the
love
that
he
had
to
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 him
, Tomorrow is the new moon :
and you will be missed ,
because
your 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.
When you have stayed three days, you
shall
go
down quickly,
and
come
to the place where
you did
hide
yourself
when
the business
was
in
hand
, and shall
remain by
the stone Ezel.
I will shoot three arrows to
the side of it, as if
I were
aiming
at a target
.
I will shoot three arrows on
the side of it, 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
.
Behold,
I will send the
boy, [saying],
Go, find the arrows .
If I tell
the
boy
, Behold
, the arrows are on this side of you; take
them, and
come ;
for there is peace
to
you
and
no hurt,
as
Yahweh
lives
.
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
to the boy
, Behold
, the arrows are beyond you ;
go your
way;
for Yahweh
has sent you away.
And
as for
the matter you and I have discussed
, the
LORD
is a
witness
between you and me forever. ”
As touching
the matter which
you and I have spoken
of
, behold,
Yahweh
is between you and me forever.
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 food
.
He
sat in
his usual
place
by the wall ,
opposite
Jonathan and beside
Abner ,
but David’s
place was empty.
The
king
sat on
his seat,
as
at
other
times,
even
on
the
seat
by the wall ;
and
Jonathan stood
up,
and Abner sat
by
Saul's
side:
but 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 didn't
say
anything
that day :
for
he thought, Something has happened to 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? ”
It
happened
on the next
day after the new moon, [which
was]
the second [
day ]
, that
David's
place was empty :
and Saul said
to
Jonathan
his son, Why doesn't
the son of Jesse come to meat,
neither
yesterday ,
nor
today?
Jonathan answered, “
David urgently
requested
my
permission
to go to Bethlehem ,
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
, Please let me go, for
our family
has
a sacrifice in the city ;
and my brother ,
he
has commanded
me [
to be there ]:
and
now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get
away,
I
pray
you,
and see my brothers. Therefore
he is
not come to 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 to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman ,
don't
I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame ,
and to the shame
of your
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 lives on the
earth, you shall not
be established ,
nor
your
kingdom
. Therefore
now send and bring him to me, for he shall
surely die .
“
Why must
he be put to death? ”
Jonathan
replied.
“
What has he done? ”
Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him,
"
Why should
he be put to death? What has he done? "
Then
Saul hurled
his spear at Jonathan
to kill
him ;
so
Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill
David.
Saul cast
his spear at him
to strike
him .
By
this
Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put
David to
death
.
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 ate
no
food 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.
It
happened
in the morning ,
that
Jonathan went out into
the field at
the time
appointed
with David, and a little
boy 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.
He said to his
boy, Run ,
find now
the arrows which
I shoot. As the boy 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? ”
When the boy was
come
to
the place of
the
arrow which
Jonathan
had shot
, Jonathan cried
after
the
boy
, and
said,
Isn't
the arrow beyond you?
Then
Jonathan cried out
, “Hurry
! Make
haste
! Do
not
delay! ”
So
the
boy picked
up the arrow
and returned
to his master.
Jonathan cried after
the
boy
, Go
fast
! Hurry
! Don't
delay! Jonathan's
boy 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 boy didn't
know anything :
only Jonathan and David knew the matter
.
Then
Jonathan gave his equipment
to the
boy and said, “
Go, take
it
back
to the city. ”
Jonathan gave his weapons
to his
boy ,
and said to
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
.
As
soon
as
the boy
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.
Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because
we
have sworn both
of
us
in the name of Yahweh
, saying, Yahweh
shall
be between me and
you
, and between my
seed
and your
seed,
forever. He
arose
and departed :
and Jonathan went into the city.
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