1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Samuel 20

1 David consulteth with Jonathan for his safety. 11 Jonathan and David renew their covenant by oath. 18 Jonathan's token to David, 24 Saul, missing David, seeketh to kill Jonathan. 35 Jonathan lovingly taketh his leave of David.

 20:1 Then David 1732 fled 1272 from Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414, and came 935 and said 559 to Jonathan 3083, “What 4100 have I done 6213a? What 4100 is my iniquity 5771? And what 4100 is my sin 2403b before 6440 your father 1, that he is seeking 1245 my life 5315?”

 20:2 He said 559 to him, “Far 2486 from it, you shall not die 4191. Behold 2009, my father 1 does 6213a nothing 3808 1697 either great 1419 or 176 small 6996b without 3808 disclosing 1540 it to me. So why 4069 should my father 1 hide 5641 this 2088 thing 1697 from me? It is not so 2088!”

 20:3 Yet David 1732 vowed 7650 again 5750, saying 559, “Your father 1 knows 3045 well 3045 that I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, and he has said 559, ‘Do not let Jonathan 3083 know 3045 this 2088, or 6435 he will be grieved 6087a.’ But truly 199 as the LORD 3068 lives 2416a and as your soul 5315 lives 2416a, there is hardly a step 6587 between 996 me and death 4194.”

 20:4 Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, “Whatever 4100 you say 559, I will do 6213a for you.”

 20:5 So David 1732 said 559 to Jonathan 3083, “Behold 2009, tomorrow 4279 is the new 2320 moon 2320, and I ought to sit 3427 down 3427 to eat 398 with the king 4428. But let 7971 me go 7971, that I may hide 5641 myself in the field 7704 until 5704 the third 7992 evening 6153.

 20:6 “If 518 your father 1 misses 6485 me at all 6485, then say 559, ‘David 1732 earnestly 7592 asked 7592 [leave] of me to run 7323 to Bethlehem 1035 his city 5892b, because 3588 it is the yearly 3117 sacrifice 2077 there 8033 for the whole 3605 family 4940.’

 20:7 “If 518 he says 559, ‘It is good 2896a,’ your servant 5650 [will be] safe 7965; but if 518 he is very 2734 angry 2734, know 3045 that he has decided 3615 on evil 7463a.

 20:8 “Therefore deal 6213a kindly 2617a with your servant 5650, for you have brought 935 your servant 5650 into a covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 with you. But if 518 there 3426 is iniquity 5771 in me, put 4191 me to death 4191 yourself 859; for why 4100 then 2088 should you bring 935 me to your father 1?”

 20:9 Jonathan 3083 said 559, “Far 2486 be it from you! For if 518 I should indeed 3045 learn 3045 that evil 7463a has been decided 3615 by my father 1 to come 935 upon you, then would I not tell 5046 you about it?”

 20:10 Then David 1732 said 559 to Jonathan 3083, “Who 4310 will tell 5046 me if 176 4100 your father 1 answers 6030a you harshly 7186?”

 20:11 Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, “Come 1980, and let us go 3318 out into the field 7704.” So both 8147 of them went 3318 out to the field 7704.

 20:12 ¶ Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, “The LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, [be witness]! When 3588 I have sounded 2713 out my father 1 about this time 6256 tomorrow 4279, [or] the third 7992 day, behold 2009, if there is good 2895 [feeling] toward 413 David 1732, shall I not then 227 send 7971 to you and make 1540 it known 1540 241 to you?

 20:13 “If 3588 it please 3190 my father 1 [to do] you harm 7463a, may the LORD 3068 do 6213a so 3541 to Jonathan 3083 and more 3254 also 3254, if I do not make 1540 it known 1540 241 to you and send 7971 you away 7971, that you may go 1980 in safety 7965. And may the LORD 3068 be with you as He has been 1961 with my father 1.

 20:14 “If 518 I am still 5750 alive 2416a, will you not show 6213a me the lovingkindness 2617a of the LORD 3068, that I may not die 4191?

 20:15 “You shall not cut 3772 off 3772 your lovingkindness 2617a from my house 1004 forever 5704 5769, not even when the LORD 3068 cuts 3772 off 3772 every 376 one 376 of the enemies 340 of David 1732 from the face 6440 of the earth 127.”

 20:16 So Jonathan 3083 made 3772 a [covenant] with the house 1004 of David 1732, [saying], “May the LORD 3068 require 1245 [it] at the hands 3027 of David’s 1732 enemies 340.”

 20:17 Jonathan 3083 made David 1732 vow 7650 again 3254 because of his love 160 for him, because 3588 he loved 157 him as he loved 157 his own life 5315.

 20:18 ¶ Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to him, “Tomorrow 4279 is the new 2320 moon 2320, and you will be missed 6485 because 3588 your seat 4186 will be empty 6485.

 20:19 “When you have stayed 8027 for three 8027 days 8027, you shall go 3381 down 3381 quickly 3966 and come 935 to the place 4725 where 834 8033 you hid 5641 yourself on that eventful 4639 day 3117, and you shall remain 3427 by the stone 68 Ezel 237.

 20:20 “I will shoot 3384 three 7969 arrows 2671 to the side 6654, as though I shot 7971 at a target 4307.

 20:21 “And behold 2009, I will send 7971 the lad 5288, [saying], ‘Go 1980, find 4672 the arrows 2671.’ If 518 I specifically 559 say 559 to the lad 5288, ‘Behold 2009, the arrows 2671 are on this 2008 side 2008 of you, get 3947 them,’ then come 935; for there is safety 7965 for you and no 369 harm 1697, as the LORD 3068 lives 2416a.

 20:22 “But if 518 I say 559 to the youth 5958, ‘Behold 2009, the arrows 2671 are beyond 4480 1973 you,’ go 1980, for the LORD 3068 has sent 7971 you away 7971.

 20:23 “As for the agreement 1697 of which 834 you and I have spoken 1696, behold 2009, the LORD 3068 is between 996 you and me forever 5704 5769.”

 20:24 ¶ So David 1732 hid 5641 in the field 7704; and when the new 2320 moon 2320 came 1961, the king 4428 sat 3427 down 3427 to eat 398 food 3899.

 20:25 The king 4428 sat 3427 on his seat 4186 as usual 6471, the seat 4186 by the wall 7023; then Jonathan 3083 rose 6965 up and Abner 74 sat 3427 down 3427 by Saul’s 7586 side 6654, but David’s 1732 place 4725 was empty 6485.

 20:26 Nevertheless Saul 7586 did not speak 1696 anything 3972 that day 3117, for he thought 559, “It is an accident 4745, he is not clean 2889, surely 3588 [he is] not clean 2889.”

 20:27 It came 1961 about the next 4283 day 4283, the second 8145 [day] of the new 2320 moon 2320, that David’s 1732 place 4725 was empty 6485; so Saul 7586 said 559 to Jonathan 3083 his son 1121, “Why 4069 has the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 not come 935 to the meal 3899, either 1571 yesterday 8543 or 1571 today 3117?”

 20:28 Jonathan 3083 then answered 6030a Saul 7586, “David 1732 earnestly 7592 asked 7592 leave 7592 of me [to go] to Bethlehem 1035,

 20:29 for he said 559, ‘Please 4994 let 7971 me go 7971, since 3588 our family 4940 has a sacrifice 2077 in the city 5892b, and my brother 251 has commanded 6680 me to attend. And now 6258, if 518 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, please 4994 let me get 4422 away 4422 that I may see 7200 my brothers 251.’ For this 3651 reason 5921 3651 he has not come 935 to the king’s 4428 table 7979.”

 20:30 ¶ Then Saul’s 7586 anger 639 burned 2734 against Jonathan 3083 and he said 559 to him, “You son 1121 of a perverse 5753a, rebellious 4780 woman! Do I not know 3045 that you are choosing 977 the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 to your own shame 1322 and to the shame 1322 of your mother’s 517 nakedness 6172?

 20:31 “For as long 3605 3117 as the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 lives 2421a on the earth 127, neither 3808 you nor 3808 your kingdom 4438 will be established 3559. Therefore now 6258, send 7971 and bring 3947 him to me, for he must 1121 surely 1121 die 4194.”

 20:32 But Jonathan 3083 answered 6030a Saul 7586 his father 1 and said 559 to him, “Why 4100 should he be put 4191 to death 4191? What 4100 has he done 6213a?”

 20:33 Then Saul 7586 hurled 2904 his spear 2595 at him to strike 5221 him down 5221; so Jonathan 3083 knew 3045 that his father 1 had decided 3615 to put 4191 David 1732 to death 4191.

 20:34 Then Jonathan 3083 arose 6965 from the table 7979 in fierce 2750 anger 639, and did not eat 398 food 3899 on the second 8145 day 3117 of the new 2320 moon 2320, for he was grieved 6087a over 413 David 1732 because 3588 his father 1 had dishonored 3637 him.

 20:35 ¶ Now it came 1961 about in the morning 1242 that Jonathan 3083 went 3318 out into the field 7704 for the appointment 4150 with David 1732, and a little 6996b lad 5288 [was] with him.

 20:36 He said 559 to his lad 5288, “Run 7323, find 4672 now 4994 the arrows 2671 which 834 I am about to shoot 3384.” As the lad 5288 was running 7323, he shot 3384 an arrow 2678 past 5674a him.

 20:37 When the lad 5288 reached 935 the place 4725 of the arrow 2678 which 834 Jonathan 3083 had shot 3384, Jonathan 3083 called 7121 after 310 the lad 5288 and said 559, “Is not the arrow 2678 beyond 4480 1973 you?”

 20:38 And Jonathan 3083 called 7121 after 310 the lad 5288, “Hurry 4120, be quick 2363a, do not stay 5975!” And Jonathan’s 3083 lad 5288 picked 3950 up the arrow 2678 and came 935 to his master 113.

 20:39 But the lad 5288 was not aware 3045 of anything 3972; only 389 Jonathan 3083 and David 1732 knew 3045 about the matter 1697.

 20:40 Then Jonathan 3083 gave 5414 his weapons 3627 to his lad 5288 and said 559 to him, “Go 1980, bring 935 [them] to the city 5892b.”

 20:41 When the lad 5288 was gone 935, David 1732 rose 6965 from the south 5045 side 681a and fell 5307 on his face 639 to the ground 776, and bowed 7812 three 7969 times 6471. And they kissed 5401a each 376 other 7453 and wept 1058 together 376 7453, but David 1732 [wept] the more 1431.

 20:42 Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, “Go 1980 in safety 7965, inasmuch 834 as we have sworn 7650 to each 8147 other 8147 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, saying 559, ‘The LORD 3068 will be between 996 me and you, and between 996 my descendants 2233 and your descendants 2233 forever 5704 5769.’” Then he rose 6965 and departed 1980, while Jonathan 3083 went 935 into the city 5892b.