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[1]And DavidH1732 fledH1272[H8799] from NaiothH5121 in RamahH7414, and cameH935[H8799] and saidH559[H8799] beforeH6440 JonathanH3083, What have I doneH6213[H8804]? what is mine iniquityH5771? and what is my sinH2403 beforeH6440 thy fatherH1, that he seekethH1245[H8764] my lifeH5315?
[2]And he saidH559[H8799] unto him, God forbidH2486; thou shalt not dieH4191[H8799]: behold, my fatherH1 will doH6213[H8799][H8675][H6213][H8804] nothingH1697 either greatH1419 or smallH6996, but that he will shewH1540[H8799][H241] it me: and why should my fatherH1 hideH5641[H8686] this thing from me? it is not soH1697.
[3]And DavidH1732 swareH7650[H8735] moreover, and saidH559[H8799], Thy fatherH1 certainlyH3045[H8800] knowethH3045[H8804] that I have foundH4672[H8804] graceH2580 in thine eyesH5869; and he saithH559[H8799], Let not JonathanH3083 knowH3045[H8799] this, lest he be grievedH6087[H8735]: but trulyH199 as the LORDH3068 livethH2416, and as thy soulH5315 livethH2416, there is but a stepH6587 between me and deathH4194.
[4]Then saidH559[H8799] JonathanH3083 unto DavidH1732, Whatsoever thy soulH5315 desirethH559[H8799], I will even doH6213 it for theeH8799.
[5]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] unto JonathanH3083, Behold, to morrowH4279 is the new moonH2320, and I should not failH3427[H8800] to sitH3427[H8799] with the kingH4428 at meatH398[H8800]: but let me goH7971[H8765], that I may hideH5641[H8738] myself in the fieldH7704 unto the thirdH7992 day at evenH6153.
[6]If thy fatherH1 at allH6485[H8800] missH6485[H8799] me, then sayH559[H8804], DavidH1732 earnestlyH7592[H8736] askedH7592[H8738] leave of me that he might runH7323[H8800] to BethlehemH1035 his cityH5892: for there is a yearlyH3117 sacrificeH2077 there for all the familyH4940.
[7]If he sayH559[H8799] thus, It is wellH2896; thy servantH5650 shall have peaceH7965: but if he be veryH2734[H8800] wrothH2734[H8799], then be sureH3045[H8798] that evilH7451 is determinedH3615 by himH8804.
[8]Therefore thou shalt dealH6213[H8804] kindlyH2617 with thy servantH5650; for thou hast broughtH935[H8689] thy servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of the LORDH3068 with thee: notwithstanding, if there beH3426 in me iniquityH5771, slayH4191[H8685] me thyself; for why shouldest thou bringH935[H8686] me to thy fatherH1?
[9]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799], Far be it from theeH2486: for if I knewH3045[H8799] certainlyH3045[H8800] that evilH7451 were determinedH3615[H8804] by my fatherH1 to comeH935[H8800] upon thee, then would not I tellH5046 it theeH8686?
[10]Then saidH559[H8799] DavidH1732 to JonathanH3083, Who shall tellH5046[H8686] me? or what if thy fatherH1 answerH6030[H8799] thee roughlyH7186?
[11]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] unto DavidH1732, ComeH3212[H8798], and let us go outH3318[H8799] into the fieldH7704. And they went outH3318[H8799] bothH8147 of them into the fieldH7704.
[12]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] unto DavidH1732, O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, when I have soundedH2713[H8799] my fatherH1 about to morrowH4279 any timeH6256, or the thirdH7992 day, and, behold, if there be goodH2895[H8804] toward DavidH1732, and I then sendH7971[H8799] not unto thee, and shewH1540[H8804] it theeH241;
[13]The LORDH3068 doH6213[H8799] soH3541 and much moreH3254[H8686] to JonathanH3083: but if it pleaseH3190[H8686] my fatherH1 to do thee evilH7451, then I will shewH1540[H8804][H241] it thee, and send thee awayH7971[H8765], that thou mayest goH1980[H8804] in peaceH7965: and the LORDH3068 be with thee, as he hath been with my fatherH1.
[14]And thou shalt not only while yetH518 I liveH2416 shewH6213[H8799] me the kindnessH2617 of the LORDH3068, that I dieH4191 notH8799:
[15]But also thou shalt not cut offH3772[H8686] thy kindnessH2617 from my houseH1004 forH5704 everH5769: no, not when the LORDH3068 hath cut offH3772[H8687] the enemiesH341[H8802] of DavidH1732 every oneH376 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127.
[16]So JonathanH3083 madeH3772[H8799] a covenant with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, saying, Let the LORDH3068 even requireH1245[H8765] it at the handH3027 of David'sH1732 enemiesH341.[H8802]
[17]And JonathanH3083 caused DavidH1732 to swearH7650[H8687] againH3254[H8686], because he lovedH160 him: for he lovedH157[H8804] him as he lovedH160 his own soulH5315.
[18]Then JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] to DavidH1732, To morrowH4279 is the new moonH2320: and thou shalt be missedH6485[H8738], because thy seatH4186 will be emptyH6485.[H8735]
[19]And when thou hast stayed three daysH8027[H8765], then thou shalt go downH3381[H8799] quicklyH3966, and comeH935[H8804] to the placeH4725 where thou didst hideH5641[H8738] thyself whenH3117 the businessH4639 was in hand, and shalt remainH3427[H8804] byH681 the stoneH68 EzelH237.
[20]And I will shootH3384[H8686] threeH7969 arrowsH2671 on the sideH6654 thereof, as though I shotH7971[H8763] at a markH4307.
[21]And, behold, I will sendH7971[H8799] a ladH5288, saying, GoH3212[H8798], find outH4672[H8798] the arrowsH2671. If I expresslyH559[H8800] sayH559[H8799] unto the ladH5288, Behold, the arrowsH2671 are on this side of thee, takeH3947[H8798] them; then comeH935[H8798] thou: for there is peaceH7965 to thee, and no hurtH1697; as the LORDH3068 livethH2416.
[22]But if I sayH559[H8799] thus unto the young manH5958, Behold, the arrowsH2671 are beyondH1973 thee; go thy wayH3212[H8798]: for the LORDH3068 hath sent thee awayH7971.[H8765]
[23]And as touching the matterH1697 which thou and I have spokenH1696[H8765] of, behold, the LORDH3068 be between thee and me forH5704 everH5769.
[24]So DavidH1732 hidH5641[H8735] himself in the fieldH7704: and when the new moonH2320 was come, the kingH4428 sat him downH3427[H8799] to eatH398[H8800] meatH3899.
[25]And the kingH4428 satH3427[H8799] upon his seatH4186, as at other timesH6471, even upon a seatH4186 by the wallH7023: and JonathanH3083 aroseH6965[H8799], and AbnerH74 satH3427[H8799] by Saul'sH7586 sideH6654, and David'sH1732 placeH4725 was emptyH6485.[H8735]
[26]Nevertheless SaulH7586 spakeH1696[H8765] not any thingH3972 that dayH3117: for he thoughtH559[H8804], Something hath befallenH4745 him, he is notH1115 cleanH2889; surely he is not cleanH2889.
[27]And it came to pass on the morrowH4283, which was the secondH8145 day of the monthH2320, that David'sH1732 placeH4725 was emptyH6485[H8735]: and SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] unto JonathanH3083 his sonH1121, Wherefore comethH935[H8804] not the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 to meatH3899, neither yesterdayH8543, nor to dayH3117?
[28]And JonathanH3083 answeredH6030[H8799] SaulH7586, DavidH1732 earnestlyH7592[H8736] askedH7592[H8738] leave of meH5978 to go to BethlehemH1035:
[29]And he saidH559[H8799], Let me goH7971[H8761], I pray thee; for our familyH4940 hath a sacrificeH2077 in the cityH5892; and my brotherH251, he hath commandedH6680[H8765] me to be there: and now, if I have foundH4672[H8804] favourH2580 in thine eyesH5869, let me get awayH4422[H8735], I pray thee, and seeH7200[H8799] my brethrenH251. Therefore he comethH935[H8804] not unto the king'sH4428 tableH7979.
[30]Then Saul'sH7586 angerH639 was kindledH2734[H8799] against JonathanH3083, and he saidH559[H8799] unto him, Thou sonH1121 of the perverseH5753[H8737] rebelliousH4780 woman, do not I knowH3045[H8804] that thou hast chosenH977[H8802] the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 to thine own confusionH1322, and unto the confusionH1322 of thy mother'sH517 nakednessH6172?
[31]For as long asH3117 the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 livethH2425[H8804] upon the groundH127, thou shalt not be establishedH3559[H8735], nor thy kingdomH4438. Wherefore now sendH7971[H8798] and fetchH3947[H8798] him unto me, for he shall surely dieH1121.[H4194]
[32]And JonathanH3083 answeredH6030[H8799] SaulH7586 his fatherH1, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, Wherefore shall he be slainH4191[H8714]? what hath he doneH6213?[H8804]
[33]And SaulH7586 castH2904[H8686] a javelinH2595 at him to smiteH5221[H8687] him: whereby JonathanH3083 knewH3045[H8799] that it was determinedH3617 of his fatherH1 to slayH4191[H8687] DavidH1732.
[34]So JonathanH3083 aroseH6965[H8799] from the tableH7979 in fierceH2750 angerH639, and did eatH398[H8804] no meatH3899 the secondH8145 dayH3117 of the monthH2320: for he was grievedH6087[H8738] for DavidH1732, because his fatherH1 had done him shameH3637.[H8689]
[35]And it came to pass in the morningH1242, that JonathanH3083 went outH3318[H8799] into the fieldH7704 at the time appointedH4150 with DavidH1732, and a littleH6996 lad with himH5288.
[36]And he saidH559[H8799] unto his ladH5288, RunH7323[H8798], find outH4672[H8798] now the arrowsH2671 which I shootH3384[H8688]. And as the ladH5288 ranH7323[H8801], he shotH3384[H8804] an arrowH2678 beyondH5674 himH8687.
[37]And when the ladH5288 was comeH935[H8799] to the placeH4725 of the arrowH2678 which JonathanH3083 had shotH3384[H8804], JonathanH3083 criedH7121[H8799] afterH310 the ladH5288, and saidH559[H8799], Is not the arrowH2678 beyond theeH1973?
[38]And JonathanH3083 criedH7121[H8799] afterH310 the ladH5288, Make speedH4120, hasteH2363[H8798], stayH5975[H8799] not. And Jonathan'sH3083 ladH5288 gathered upH3950[H8762] the arrowsH2671[H8675][H2678], and cameH935[H8799] to his masterH113.
[39]But the ladH5288 knewH3045[H8804] not any thingH3972: only JonathanH3083 and DavidH1732 knewH3045[H8804] the matterH1697.
[40]And JonathanH3083 gaveH5414[H8799] his artilleryH3627 unto his ladH5288, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, GoH3212[H8798], carryH935[H8685] them to the cityH5892.
[41]And as soon as the ladH5288 was goneH935[H8802], DavidH1732 aroseH6965[H8804] out of a place towardH681 the southH5045, and fellH5307[H8799] on his faceH639 to the groundH776, and bowedH7812[H8691] himself threeH7969 timesH6471: and they kissedH5401[H8799] oneH376 anotherH7453, and weptH1058[H8799] oneH376 with anotherH7453, until DavidH1732 exceededH1431.[H8689]
[42]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] to DavidH1732, GoH3212[H8798] in peaceH7965, forasmuch as we have swornH7650[H8738] bothH8147 of us in the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068, sayingH559[H8800], The LORDH3068 be between me and thee, and between my seedH2233 and thy seedH2233 forH5704 everH5769. And he aroseH6965[H8799] and departedH3212[H8799]: and JonathanH3083 wentH935[H8802] into the cityH5892.
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