1 David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" camps at|strong="H1732" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H0935" asked|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H5771"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" my|strong="H1245" crime? Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H0935" father|strong="H0001" trying to|strong="H0559" kill me|strong="H5315"?”
2 Jonathan|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1697" can’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" true! My|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" isn’t|strong="H3808" trying to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6213". My|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" doesn’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" without|strong="H3808" first|strong="H2088" telling|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480". It|strong="H6213" doesn’t|strong="H3808" matter|strong="H1697" how|strong="H2009" important|strong="H1419" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369", my|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" always tells|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480". Why|strong="H4069" would|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" wants to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6213"? No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" true!”
3 But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" friend|strong="H3045". Your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" himself|strong="H5315", ‘Jonathan|strong="H3083" must not|strong="H0408" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732".’ But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5869" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3045" close to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4194".”
4 Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" want|strong="H5315" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213".”
5 Then|strong="H2009" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", tomorrow|strong="H4279" is|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320" celebration. I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" supposed to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H2009" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" evening|strong="H6153".
6 If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" notices I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H6485" gone|strong="H4480", tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H3605", ‘David|strong="H1732" wanted to|strong="H0559" go home|strong="H0001" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". His|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H3117" having|strong="H3588" its|strong="H3605" own feast for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" monthly sacrifice|strong="H2077". David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0559" let|strong="H6485" him|strong="H3605" run|strong="H7323" down|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" and|strong="H3117" join his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940".’
7 If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3045" father says|strong="H0559", ‘Fine,’ then|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3588" am safe|strong="H7965". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3045" father becomes|strong="H3045" angry|strong="H2734", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" wants to|strong="H0559" hurt me|strong="H5973".
8 Jonathan, be|strong="H4191" kind to|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5921". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H0935" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H5771", you|strong="H0859" may|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H0859", but|strong="H3588" don’t take|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001".”
9 Jonathan|strong="H3083" answered|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", never|strong="H3808"! If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" learn|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" plans to|strong="H0559" hurt you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" warn you|strong="H3588".”
10 David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" warn me|strong="H0413" if|strong="H0176" your|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001" says|strong="H0559" bad things to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5046"?”
11 Then|strong="H3318" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3318", let’s go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704".” So|strong="H3318" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" together into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704".
12 Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H3588" make|strong="H1540" this|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H3068" before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" learn how|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" feels about|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" learn if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" feels good|strong="H2896" about|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808". Then|strong="H0227", in|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7992" days, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" field.
13 If|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" wants to|strong="H0413" hurt you|strong="H0834", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" know. I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" leave|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" safety|strong="H7965". May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" punish me|strong="H0413" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" don’t do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3541". May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001".
16 So|strong="H3027" Jonathan|strong="H3083" made|strong="H3772" this|strong="H3068" agreement with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" asked the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" hold|strong="H1004" them|strong="H3027" responsible for|strong="H3027" keeping it|strong="H3772".
17 Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H5315" himself|strong="H5315", and|strong="H1732" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5315" this|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157", he|strong="H3588" asked David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" repeat this|strong="H3588" agreement for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H5315".
18 Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David, “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" is|strong="H2320" the|strong="H0559" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320" celebration. Your|strong="H3588" seat|strong="H4186" will|strong="H2320" be|strong="H3588" empty|strong="H6485", so|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" father will|strong="H2320" see|strong="H6485" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3083" gone.
19 On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" third|strong="H8027" day|strong="H3117" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" same place|strong="H4725" you|strong="H0834" hid|strong="H5641" when|strong="H3117" this|strong="H0834" trouble began|strong="H0935". Wait|strong="H3427" by|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" hill.
20 On|strong="H7969" the|strong="H0589" third|strong="H7969" day I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" that|strong="H7971" hill and|strong="H7971" shoot|strong="H3384" three|strong="H7969" arrows|strong="H2678" as|strong="H0589" if I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" shooting at|strong="H7969" a|strong="H7971" target|strong="H4307".
21 Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H0935" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678". If|strong="H0518" everything is|strong="H0369" fine|strong="H4480", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288", ‘You|strong="H3588" went|strong="H0935" too|strong="H4480" far! The|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H1697" closer to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H7971". Come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" get|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0853".’ If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H0518" come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" hiding. I|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H1697", as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" safe|strong="H7965". There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" danger.
22 But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" trouble, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" boy|strong="H5958", ‘The|strong="H0559" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H3068" farther away|strong="H7971". Go|strong="H7971" get|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971".’ If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H0518" leave|strong="H4480". The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" away|strong="H7971".
23 Remember this|strong="H1697" agreement|strong="H1697" between|strong="H0996" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0589". The|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" witness forever|strong="H5769".”
24 Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704".
25 He|strong="H1732" sat|strong="H3427" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7023" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H1732" usually sat|strong="H3427", and|strong="H6965" Jonathan|strong="H3083" sat|strong="H3427" across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". Abner|strong="H0074" sat|strong="H3427" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", but|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1732" empty|strong="H6485".
26 That|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" nothing|strong="H3808". He|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H0559", “Maybe something|strong="H3972" happened to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H3117" so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2889".”
27 On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" month|strong="H2320", David’s|strong="H1732" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H6485" again|strong="H8145". Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083", “Why|strong="H4069" didn’t|strong="H3808" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320" celebration yesterday|strong="H8543" or|strong="H3808" today|strong="H3117"?”
28 Jonathan|strong="H3083" answered|strong="H6030", “David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5978" to|strong="H5704" let him|strong="H0853" go to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035".
29 He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", ‘Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935". Our|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H1931" having|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" in|strong="H5921" Bethlehem. My|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" ordered|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672". Now|strong="H6258" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" am your|strong="H5921" friend, please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251".’ That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" why|strong="H3651" David|strong="H7971" has|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979".”
30 Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" twisted, rebellious|strong="H4780" woman! I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3045" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H0559" support that|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". This|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3045" shame|strong="H1322" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3045" mother|strong="H0517".
31 As|strong="H0834" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" lives|strong="H4194", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3947" kingdom|strong="H4438". Now|strong="H6258", bring|strong="H3947" David|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"! He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4194" man|strong="H1121".”
32 Jonathan|strong="H3083" asked|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3083" father|strong="H0001", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" David be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191"? What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" wrong?”
33 But|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" threw|strong="H2904" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H5921" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" tried to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H4191" Jonathan|strong="H3083" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" wanted very|strong="H3045" much|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732".
34 Jonathan|strong="H3083" became angry|strong="H0639" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" table|strong="H7979". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" so|strong="H3808" upset and|strong="H6965" angry|strong="H0639" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" festival. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" angry|strong="H0639" because|strong="H3588" Saul humiliated|strong="H3637" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H6965" because|strong="H3588" Saul wanted to|strong="H0413" kill David|strong="H1732".
35 The|strong="H1961" next morning|strong="H1242" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1242" had|strong="H1961" agreed. Jonathan|strong="H3083" brought|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H6996" boy|strong="H5288" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973".
36 He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288", “Run|strong="H7323". Go|strong="H5674" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" I|strong="H0834" shoot|strong="H3384".” The|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" began to|strong="H0559" run|strong="H7323", and|strong="H5288" Jonathan|strong="H0559" shot|strong="H3384" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" over|strong="H5674" his|strong="H0834" head.
37 The|strong="H0559" boy|strong="H5288" ran to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" arrows|strong="H2678" fell, but|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3083" called|strong="H7121", “The|strong="H0559" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H0834" farther away|strong="H0310".”
38 Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0310" shouted|strong="H7121", “Hurry|strong="H2363"! Go|strong="H0935" get|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413". Don’t|strong="H0408" just|strong="H5975" stand|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975".” The|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" picked|strong="H3950" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H0310" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113".
39 The|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" knew|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" went on|strong="H0389". Only|strong="H0389" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045".
40 Jonathan|strong="H3083" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" bow and|strong="H0935" arrows to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" town|strong="H5892".
41 When|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" left|strong="H0935", David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" hiding place|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H7453" side|strong="H0681" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" hill. David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" formal greeting by|strong="H0935" bowing|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" to|strong="H0935" show his|strong="H1732" respect for|strong="H0776" Jonathan. But|strong="H0376" then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" Jonathan kissed|strong="H5401" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H0935" cried|strong="H1058" together. It|strong="H5704" was|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0935" very|strong="H5704" sad goodbye, especially|strong="H0853" for|strong="H0776" David|strong="H1732".
42 Then|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", “Go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" peace|strong="H7965". We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" oath|strong="H7650" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" LORD’S|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" friends forever|strong="H5769". We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" witness between|strong="H0996" us|strong="H0996" and|strong="H1980" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" forever|strong="H5769".”