1st Samuel Chapter 20 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And David <H1732> fled <H1272> from Naioth <H5121> in Ramah, <H7414> and came <H0935> and said <H0559> before <H6440> Jonathan, <H3083> What have I done? <H6213> what [is] mine iniquity? <H5771> and what [is] my sin <H2403> before <H6440> thy father, <H0001> that he seeketh <H1245> my life? <H5315>
2: And he said <H0559> unto him, God forbid; <H2486> thou shalt not die: <H4191> behold, my father <H0001> will do <H6213> nothing either great <H1419> <H1697> or small, <H6996> <H1697> but that he will shew <H1540> it me: <H0241> and why should my father <H0001> hide <H5641> this thing <H1697> from me? it [is] not [so].
3: And David <H1732> sware <H7650> moreover, and said, <H0559> Thy father <H0001> certainly <H3045> knoweth <H3045> that I have found <H4672> grace <H2580> in thine eyes; <H5869> and he saith, <H0559> Let not Jonathan <H3083> know <H3045> this, lest he be grieved: <H6087> but truly <H0199> [as] the LORD <H3068> liveth, <H2416> and [as] thy soul <H5315> liveth, <H2416> [there is] but a step <H6587> between me and death. <H4194>
4: Then said <H0559> Jonathan <H3083> unto David, <H1732> Whatsoever thy soul <H5315> desireth, <H0559> I will even do <H6213> [it] for thee.
5: And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto Jonathan, <H3083> Behold, to morrow <H4279> [is] the new moon, <H2320> and I should not fail <H3427> to sit <H3427> with the king <H4428> at meat: <H0398> but let me go, <H7971> that I may hide <H5641> myself in the field <H7704> unto the third <H7992> [day] at even. <H6153>
6: If thy father <H0001> at all <H6485> miss <H6485> me, then say, <H0559> David <H1732> earnestly <H7592> asked <H7592> [leave] of me that he might run <H7323> to Bethlehem <H1035> his city: <H5892> for [there is] a yearly <H3117> sacrifice <H2077> there for all the family. <H4940>
7: If he say <H0559> thus, [It is] well; <H2896> thy servant <H5650> shall have peace: <H7965> but if he be very <H2734> wroth, <H2734> [then] be sure <H3045> that evil <H7451> is determined <H3615> by him.
8: Therefore thou shalt deal <H6213> kindly <H2617> with thy servant; <H5650> for thou hast brought <H0935> thy servant <H5650> into a covenant <H1285> of the LORD <H3068> with thee: notwithstanding, if there be <H3426> in me iniquity, <H5771> slay <H4191> me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring <H0935> me to thy father? <H0001>
9: And Jonathan <H3083> said, <H0559> Far be it <H2486> from thee: for if I knew <H3045> certainly <H3045> that evil <H7451> were determined <H3615> by my father <H0001> to come <H0935> upon thee, then would not I tell <H5046> it thee?
10: Then said <H0559> David <H1732> to Jonathan, <H3083> Who shall tell <H5046> me? or what [if] thy father <H0001> answer <H6030> thee roughly? <H7186>
11: And Jonathan <H3083> said <H0559> unto David, <H1732> Come, <H3212> and let us go out <H3318> into the field. <H7704> And they went out <H3318> both <H8147> of them into the field. <H7704>
12: And Jonathan <H3083> said <H0559> unto David, <H1732> O LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> when I have sounded <H2713> my father <H0001> about to morrow <H4279> any time, <H6256> [or] the third <H7992> [day], and, behold, [if there be] good <H2895> toward David, <H1732> and I then send <H7971> not unto thee, and shew <H1540> it thee; <H0241>
13: The LORD <H3068> do <H6213> so <H3541> and much <H3541> more <H3254> to Jonathan: <H3083> but if it please <H3190> my father <H0001> [to do] thee evil, <H7451> then I will shew <H1540> it thee, <H0241> and send thee away, <H7971> that thou mayest go <H1980> in peace: <H7965> and the LORD <H3068> be with thee, as he hath been with my father. <H0001>
14: And thou shalt not only while yet <H0518> I live <H2416> shew <H6213> me the kindness <H2617> of the LORD, <H3068> that I die <H4191> not:
15: But [also] thou shalt not cut off <H3772> thy kindness <H2617> from my house <H1004> for <H5704> ever: <H5769> no, not when the LORD <H3068> hath cut off <H3772> the enemies <H0341> of David <H1732> every one <H0376> from the face <H6440> of the earth. <H0127>
16: So Jonathan <H3083> made <H3772> [a covenant] with the house <H1004> of David, <H1732> [saying], Let the LORD <H3068> even require <H1245> [it] at the hand <H3027> of David's <H1732> enemies. <H0341>
17: And Jonathan <H3083> caused David <H1732> to swear <H7650> again, <H3254> because he loved <H0160> him: for he loved <H0157> him as he loved <H0160> his own soul. <H5315>
18: Then Jonathan <H3083> said <H0559> to David, To morrow <H4279> [is] the new moon: <H2320> and thou shalt be missed, <H6485> because thy seat <H4186> will be empty. <H6485>
19: And [when] thou hast stayed three days, <H8027> [then] thou shalt go down <H3381> quickly, <H3966> and come <H0935> to the place <H4725> where thou didst hide <H5641> thyself when <H3117> the business <H4639> was [in hand], and shalt remain <H3427> by <H0681> the stone <H0068> Ezel. <H0237>
20: And I will shoot <H3384> three <H7969> arrows <H2671> on the side <H6654> [thereof], as though I shot <H7971> at a mark. <H4307>
21: And, behold, I will send <H7971> a lad, <H5288> [saying], Go, <H3212> find out <H4672> the arrows. <H2671> If I expressly <H0559> say <H0559> unto the lad, <H5288> Behold, the arrows <H2671> [are] on this side of thee, take <H3947> them; then come <H0935> thou: for [there is] peace <H7965> to thee, and no hurt; <H1697> [as] the LORD <H3068> liveth. <H2416>
22: But if I say <H0559> thus unto the young man, <H5958> Behold, the arrows <H2671> [are] beyond <H1973> thee; go thy way: <H3212> for the LORD <H3068> hath sent thee away. <H7971>
23: And [as touching] the matter <H1697> which thou and I have spoken <H1696> of, behold, the LORD <H3068> [be] between thee and me for <H5704> ever. <H5769>
24: So David <H1732> hid <H5641> himself in the field: <H7704> and when the new moon <H2320> was come, the king <H4428> sat him down <H3427> to eat <H0398> meat. <H3899>
25: And the king <H4428> sat <H3427> upon his seat, <H4186> as at other times, <H6471> <H6471> [even] upon a seat <H4186> by the wall: <H7023> and Jonathan <H3083> arose, <H6965> and Abner <H0074> sat <H3427> by Saul's <H7586> side, <H6654> and David's <H1732> place <H4725> was empty. <H6485>
26: Nevertheless Saul <H7586> spake <H1696> not any thing <H3972> that day: <H3117> for he thought, <H0559> Something hath befallen <H4745> him, he [is] not <H1115> clean; <H2889> surely he [is] not clean. <H2889>
27: And it came to pass on the morrow, <H4283> [which was] the second <H8145> [day] of the month, <H2320> that David's <H1732> place <H4725> was empty: <H6485> and Saul <H7586> said <H0559> unto Jonathan <H3083> his son, <H1121> Wherefore cometh <H0935> not the son <H1121> of Jesse <H3448> to meat, <H3899> neither yesterday, <H8543> nor to day? <H3117>
28: And Jonathan <H3083> answered <H6030> Saul, <H7586> David <H1732> earnestly <H7592> asked <H7592> [leave] of me <H5978> [to go] to Bethlehem: <H1035>
29: And he said, <H0559> Let me go, <H7971> I pray thee; for our family <H4940> hath a sacrifice <H2077> in the city; <H5892> and my brother, <H0251> he hath commanded <H6680> me [to be there]: and now, if I have found <H4672> favour <H2580> in thine eyes, <H5869> let me get away, <H4422> I pray thee, and see <H7200> my brethren. <H0251> Therefore he cometh <H0935> not unto the king's <H4428> table. <H7979>
30: Then Saul's <H7586> anger <H0639> was kindled <H2734> against Jonathan, <H3083> and he said <H0559> unto him, Thou son <H1121> of the perverse <H5753> rebellious <H4780> [woman], do not I know <H3045> that thou hast chosen <H0977> the son <H1121> of Jesse <H3448> to thine own confusion, <H1322> and unto the confusion <H1322> of thy mother's <H0517> nakedness? <H6172>
31: For as long as <H3117> the son <H1121> of Jesse <H3448> liveth <H2425> upon the ground, <H0127> thou shalt not be established, <H3559> nor thy kingdom. <H4438> Wherefore now send <H7971> and fetch <H3947> him unto me, for he shall surely die. <H1121> <H4194>
32: And Jonathan <H3083> answered <H6030> Saul <H7586> his father, <H0001> and said <H0559> unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? <H4191> what hath he done? <H6213>
33: And Saul <H7586> cast <H2904> a javelin <H2595> at him to smite <H5221> him: whereby Jonathan <H3083> knew <H3045> that it was determined <H3617> of his father <H0001> to slay <H4191> David. <H1732>
34: So Jonathan <H3083> arose <H6965> from the table <H7979> in fierce <H2750> anger, <H0639> and did eat <H0398> no meat <H3899> the second <H8145> day <H3117> of the month: <H2320> for he was grieved <H6087> for David, <H1732> because his father <H0001> had done him shame. <H3637>
35: And it came to pass in the morning, <H1242> that Jonathan <H3083> went out <H3318> into the field <H7704> at the time appointed <H4150> with David, <H1732> and a little <H6996> lad <H5288> with him.
36: And he said <H0559> unto his lad, <H5288> Run, <H7323> find out <H4672> now the arrows <H2671> which I shoot. <H3384> [And] as the lad <H5288> ran, <H7323> he shot <H3384> an arrow <H2678> beyond <H5674> him.
37: And when the lad <H5288> was come <H0935> to the place <H4725> of the arrow <H2678> which Jonathan <H3083> had shot, <H3384> Jonathan <H3083> cried <H7121> after <H0310> the lad, <H5288> and said, <H0559> [Is] not the arrow <H2678> beyond <H1973> thee?
38: And Jonathan <H3083> cried <H7121> after <H0310> the lad, <H5288> Make speed, <H4120> haste, <H2363> stay <H5975> not. And Jonathan's <H3083> lad <H5288> gathered up <H3950> the arrows, <H2671> <H2678> and came <H0935> to his master. <H0113>
39: But the lad <H5288> knew <H3045> not any thing: <H3972> only Jonathan <H3083> and David <H1732> knew <H3045> the matter. <H1697>
40: And Jonathan <H3083> gave <H5414> his artillery <H3627> unto his lad, <H5288> and said <H0559> unto him, Go, <H3212> carry <H0935> [them] to the city. <H5892>
41: [And] as soon as the lad <H5288> was gone, <H0935> David <H1732> arose <H6965> out of [a place] toward <H0681> the south, <H5045> and fell <H5307> on his face <H0639> to the ground, <H0776> and bowed <H7812> himself three <H7969> times: <H6471> and they kissed <H5401> one <H0376> another, <H7453> and wept <H1058> one <H0376> with another, <H7453> until David <H1732> exceeded. <H1431>
42: And Jonathan <H3083> said <H0559> to David, <H1732> Go <H3212> in peace, <H7965> forasmuch as we have sworn <H7650> both <H8147> of us in the name <H8034> of the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> The LORD <H3068> be between me and thee, and between my seed <H2233> and thy seed <H2233> for <H5704> ever. <H5769> And he arose <H6965> and departed: <H3212> and Jonathan <H3083> went into <H0935> the city. <H5892>