20David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came before Jonathan and said, "What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin against your father that he is trying to take my life?"H1732H1272H5121H7414H935H559H6440H3083H6213H5771H2403H6440H1H1245H5315 2He said to him, "Far from it! You shall not die. My father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me; and why should my father hide this from me? Never!"H559H2486H4191H1H6213H6213H1697H1419H6996H1540H241H1H5641H1697 3But David also swore, "Your father knows well that you like me; and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But truly, as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death."H1732H7650H559H1H3045H3045H4672H2580H5869H559H3083H3045H6087H199H3068H2416H5315H2416H6587H4194 4Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."H559H3083H1732H5315H559H6213 5David said to Jonathan, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at the meal; but let me go, so that I may hide in the field until the third evening.H1732H559H3083H4279H2320H3427H3427H4428H398H7971H5641H7704H7992H6153 6If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'H1H6485H6485H559H1732H7592H7592H7323H1035H5892H3117H2077H4940 7If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant; but if he is angry, then know that evil has been determined by him.H559H2896H5650H7965H2734H2734H3045H7451H3615 8Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a sacred covenant with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?"H6213H2617H5650H935H5650H1285H3068H3426H5771H4191H935H1 9Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! If I knew that it was decided by my father that evil should come upon you, would I not tell you?"H3083H559H2486H3045H3045H7451H3615H1H935H5046 10Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"H559H1732H3083H5046H1H6030H7186 11Jonathan replied to David, "Come, let us go out into the field." So they both went out into the field.H3083H559H1732H3212H3318H7704H3318H8147H7704 12Jonathan said to David, "By the LORD, the God of Israel! When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or on the third day, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?H3083H559H1732H3068H430H3478H2713H1H4279H6256H7992H2895H1732H7971H1540H241 13But if my father intends to do you harm, the LORD do so to Jonathan, and more also, if I do not disclose it to you, and send you away, so that you may go in safety. May the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father.H3068H6213H3541H3254H3083H3190H1H7451H1540H241H7971H1980H7965H3068H1 14If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the LORD; but if I die,H518H2416H6213H2617H3068H4191 15never cut off your faithful love from my house, even if the LORD were to cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth."H3772H2617H1004H5704H5769H3068H3772H341H1732H376H6440H127 16Thus Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD seek out the enemies of David."H3083H3772H1004H1732H3068H1245H3027H1732H341 17Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own life.H3083H1732H7650H3254H160H157H160H5315 18Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon; you will be missed, because your place will be empty.H3083H559H1732H4279H2320H6485H4186H6485 19On the day after tomorrow, you shall go a long way down; go to the place where you hid yourself earlier, and remain beside the stone there.H8027H3381H3966H935H4725H5641H3117H4639H3427H681H68H237 20I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.H3384H7969H2671H6654H7971H4307 21Then I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you, collect them,' then you are to come, for, as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.H7971H5288H3212H4672H2671H559H559H5288H2671H3947H935H7965H1697H3068H2416 22But if I say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go; for the LORD has sent you away.H559H5958H2671H1973H3212H3068H7971 23As for the matter about which you and I have spoken, the LORD is witness between you and me forever."H1697H1696H3068H5704H5769 24So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat at the feast to eat.H1732H5641H7704H2320H4428H3427H398H3899 25The king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall. Jonathan stood, while Abner sat by Saul's side; but David's place was empty.H4428H3427H4186H6471H4186H7023H3083H6965H74H3427H7586H6654H1732H4725H6485 26Saul did not say anything that day; for he thought, "Something has befallen him; he is not clean, surely he is not clean."H7586H1696H3972H3117H559H4745H1115H2889H2889 27But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty. And Saul said to his son Jonathan, "Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast, either yesterday or today?"H4283H8145H2320H1732H4725H6485H7586H559H3083H1121H935H1121H3448H3899H8543H3117 28Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem;H3083H6030H7586H1732H7592H7592H5978H1035 29he said, 'Let me go; for our family is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your sight, let me get away, and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table."H559H7971H4940H2077H5892H251H6680H4672H2580H5869H4422H7200H251H935H4428H7979 30Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan. He said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?H7586H639H2734H3083H559H1121H5753H4780H3045H977H1121H3448H1322H1322H517H6172 31For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die."H3117H1121H3448H2425H127H3559H4438H7971H3947H1121H4194 32Then Jonathan answered his father Saul, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"H3083H6030H7586H1H559H4191H6213 33But Saul threw his spear at him to strike him; so Jonathan knew that it was the decision of his father to put David to death.H7586H2904H2595H5221H3083H3045H3617H1H4191H1732 34Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food on the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, and because his father had disgraced him.H3083H6965H7979H2750H639H398H3899H8145H3117H2320H6087H1732H1H3637 35In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him was a little boy.H1242H3083H3318H7704H4150H1732H6996H5288 36He said to the boy, "Run and find the arrows that I shoot." As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.H559H5288H7323H4672H2671H3384H5288H7323H3384H2678H5674 37When the boy came to the place where Jonathan's arrow had fallen, Jonathan called after the boy and said, "Is the arrow not beyond you?"H5288H935H4725H2678H3083H3384H3083H7121H310H5288H559H2678H1973 38Jonathan called after the boy, "Hurry, be quick, do not linger." So Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.H3083H7121H310H5288H4120H2363H5975H3083H5288H3950H2671H2678H935H113 39But the boy knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.H5288H3045H3972H3083H1732H3045H1697 40Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, "Go and carry them to the city."H3083H5414H3627H5288H559H3212H935H5892 41As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other, and wept with each other; David wept the more.H5288H935H1732H6965H681H5045H5307H639H776H7812H7969H6471H5401H376H7453H1058H376H7453H1732H1431 42Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, since both of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'" He got up and left; and Jonathan went into the city.H3083H559H1732H3212H7965H7650H8147H8034H3068H559H3068H2233H2233H5704H5769H6965H3212H3083H935H5892
1Samuel 20:22 - Prayer Tents
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