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1
Then David
fled
from Naioth
in Ramah,
and came
and said
to Jonathan,
"
What
have I done?
What
is my iniquity?
And what
is my sin
before
your father,
that he is seeking
my life?"
2
He said
to him, "Far
from it, you shall not die.
Behold,
my father
does
no
thing
either great
or
small
without
disclosing
it to me. So why
should
my father
hide
this
thing
from me? It is not so!"
3
Yet David
vowed
again,
saying,
"Your father
know
s
well
that I have found
fav
or
in your sight,
and he has said,
'Do not let Jonathan
know
this,
or
he will be grieved.'
But truly
as the LORD
lives
and as your soul
lives
,
there is hardly a step
between
me and death."
4
Then Jonathan
said
to David,
"Whatever
you say,
I will do
for you."
5
So David
said
to Jonathan,
"Behold,
tomorrow
is the new moon,
and I ought to sit
down
to eat
with the king.
But let me go,
that I may hide
myself in the field
until
the third
evening.
6
"If
your father
misses
me at all,
then say,
'David
earnestly
asked
leave of me to run
to Bethlehem
his city,
because
it is the yearly
sacrifice
there
for the whole
family.'
7
"If
he says,
'It is good,'
your servant
will be safe;
but if
he is very
angry,
know
that he has decided
on evil.
8
"Therefore deal
kindly
with
your servant
,
for you have brought
your servant
into a covenant
of the LORD
with you. But if
there
is iniquity
in me, put me to death
yourself;
for why
then
should you bring
me to your father?"
9
Jonathan
said,
"Far
be it from you! For if
I should indeed
learn
that evil
has been decided
by my father
to come
upon you, then would I not tell
you about it?"
10
Then David
said
to Jonathan,
"Who
will tell
me if
your father
answers
you harshly?"
11
Jonathan
said
to David,
"Come,
and let us go
out into the field."
So both
of them went
out to the field.
12
Then Jonathan
said
to
David,
"The LORD,
the God
of Israel,
be witness! When
I have sounded
out my father
about this time
tomorrow,
or the third
day, behold,
if there is good
feeling toward
David,
shall I not then
send
to you and make it known
to you?
13
"If
it please
my father
to
do
you harm,
may the LORD
do
so
to Jonathan
and more al
so
,
if I
do
not make it known
to you and send you away,
that you may go
in safety.
And
may the LORD
be with you as He has been
with
my father
.
14
"If
I am still
alive,
will you not show
me the lovingkindness
of the LORD,
that I may not die?
15
"You shall not cut
off
your lovingkindness
from my house
forever,
not even when the LORD
cuts
off
every one
of the enemies
of David
from the face
of the earth."
16
So Jonathan
made
a covenant with the house
of David,
saying, "May the LORD
require
it at the hands
of David's
enemies."
17
Jonathan
made David
vow
again
because of his love
for him, because
he loved him as he loved
his own life.
18
Then Jonathan
said
to him, "Tomorrow
is the new moon,
and you will be missed
because
your seat
will be empty.
19
"When you have stayed for three days,
you shall go down
quickly
and come
to the place
where
you hid
yourself on that eventful
day,
and you shall remain
by the stone
Ezel.
20
"I will shoot
three
arrows
to the side,
as though I shot
at a target.
21
"And behold,
I will send
the lad,
say
ing, 'Go,
find
the arrows
.'
If
I specifically
say
to
the lad,
'Behold,
the arrows
are on this side
of you, get
them,' then come;
for there is safety
for you and no
harm,
as the LORD
lives.
22
"But if
I say
to the youth,
'
Behold,
the arrows
are beyond
you,' go,
for the LORD
has sent you away.
23
"As for the agreement
of which
you and I have spoken,
behold,
the LORD
is between
you and me forever."
24
So David
hid
in the field;
and when the new moon
came,
the king
sat down
to eat
food.
25
The king
sat
on his seat
as usual,
the seat
by the wall;
then Jonathan
rose
up and Abner
sat
down
by Saul's
side,
but David's
place
was empty.
26
Nevertheless Saul
did not speak
anything
that day,
for he thought,
"It is an accident,
he is not clean,
surely
he is not clean."
27
It came
about the next day,
the second
day of the new moon,
that David's
place
was empty;
so Saul
said
to Jonathan
his son,
"Why
has the son
of Jesse
not come
to the meal,
either
yesterday
or
today?"
28
Jonathan
then answered
Saul,
"David
earnestly
asked leave
of me to go to Bethlehem,
29
for he said,
'Please
let me go,
since
our family
has a sacr
if
ice
in the city,
and my brother
has commanded
me to attend. And now,
if
I have found
favor
in your sight,
please
let me get away
that I may see
my brothers.'
For this
reason
he has not come
to the king's
table."
30
Then Saul's
anger
burned
against Jonathan
and he said
to him, "You son
of a perverse,
rebellious
woman! Do I not know
that you are choosing
the son
of Jesse
to your own shame
and to the shame
of your mother's
nakedness?
31
"For as long
as the son
of Jesse
lives
on the earth,
neither you nor
your kingdom
will be established.
Therefore now,
send
and bring
him to me, for he must surely
die."
32
But Jonathan
answered
Saul
his father
and said
to him, "Why
should he be put to death?
What
has he done?"
33
Then Saul
hurled
his spear
at him to strike him down;
so Jonathan
knew
that his father
had decided
to put
David
to death.
34
Then Jonathan
arose
from the table
in fierce
anger,
and did not eat
food
on the second
day
of the new moon,
for he was grieved
over
David
because
his father
had dishonored
him.
35
Now it came
about in the morning
that Jonathan
went
out into the field
for the appointment
with David,
and a little
lad
was with him.
36
He said
to his lad,
"Run,
find
now
the arrows
which
I am about to shoot."
As the lad
was running,
he shot
an arrow
past
him.
37
When
the lad
reached
the place
of the arrow
which
Jonathan
had shot,
Jonathan
called
after
the lad
and said,
"Is not the arrow
beyond
you?"
38
And Jonathan
called
after
the
lad
,
"Hurry,
be quick,
do not stay!"
And Jonathan
's
lad
picked
up the arrow
and came
to his master.
39
But the lad
was not aware
of anything;
only
Jonathan
and David
knew
about the matter.
40
Then Jonathan
gave
his weapons
to his lad
and said
to him, "Go,
bring
them to the city."
41
When the lad
was gone,
David
rose
from the south
side
and fell
on his face
to the ground,
and bowed
three
times.
And they kissed
each
other
and wept
together,
but
David
wept the more.
42
Jonathan
said
to David,
"Go
in safety,
inasmuch
as we have sworn
to each other
in the name
of the LORD,
saying,
'
The LORD
will be between
me and you, and between
my descendants
and your descendants
forever.'"
Then he rose
and departed,
while
Jonathan
went
into the city.
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