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Chapter 20,

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And David swore moreover, and said,

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And he saith, Let not Jonathan know this,
lest he be grieved.

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But truly, as the Lord liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, there is but a

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step between me and death.

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Then said Jonathan unto David,
Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even

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do it for thee.

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And David said unto Jonathan, Behold,
to-morrow is the new moon, and I should

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not fail to sit with the king at meat.

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But let me go, that I may hide myself in
the field unto the third day at even.

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If thy father at all miss me, then say,
David earnestly asked leave of me,

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that he might run to Bethlehem his city.

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For there is a yearly sacrifice there for
all the family.

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If he say thus, It is well.

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Thy servant shall have peace.

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But if he be very wroth, then be sure that
evil is determined by him.

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Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy
servant.

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For thou hast brought thy servant into a
covenant of the Lord with thee,

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notwithstanding.

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If there be in me iniquity, slay me
thyself.

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Or why shouldst thou bring me to thy
father?

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And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee.

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For if I knew certainly that evil were
determined by my father to come upon thee,

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then would not I tell it thee?

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Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall
tell me?

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Or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

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And Jonathan said unto David, Come,
and let us go out into the field.

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And they went out both of them into the
field.

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And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God
of Israel, when I have sounded my father

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about tomorrow any time, or the third day,
and behold, if there be good toward David,

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and I then send not unto thee,
and show it thee, the Lord do so,

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and much more to Jonathan.

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But if it please my father to do thee
evil, then I will show it thee,

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and send thee away, that thou mayest go in
peace, and the Lord be with thee,

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as he hath been with my father.

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And thou shalt not, only while yet I live,
show me the kindness of the Lord,

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that I die not.

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But also thou shalt not cut off thy
kindness from my house for ever.

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No, not when the Lord hath cut off the
enemies of David, every one from the face

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of the earth.

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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house
of David, saying, Let the Lord even

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require it at the hand of David's enemies.

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And Jonathan caused David to swear again,
because he loved him, for he loved him as

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he loved his own soul.

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Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is
the new moon, and thou shalt be missed,

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because thy seat will be empty.

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And when thou hast stayed three days,
then thou shalt go down quickly,

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and come to the place where thou didst
hide thyself when the business was in

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hand, and shalt remain by the stone easel.

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And I will shoot three arrows on the side
thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

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And behold, I will send a lad,
saying, Go, find out the arrows.

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If I expressly say unto the lad,
Behold, the arrows are on this side of

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thee, take them.

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Then cometh thou, for there is peace to
thee, and no hurt, as the Lord liveth.

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But if I say thus unto the young man,
Behold, the arrows are beyond thee,

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go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee
away.

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And as touching the matter which thou and
I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be

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between thee and me forever.

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So David hid himself in the field,
and when the new moon was come,

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the king sat him down to eat meat.

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And the king sat upon his seat as at other
times, even upon a seat by the wall.

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And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by
Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

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Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that
day, for he thought, Something hath

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befallen him.

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He is not clean.

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Surely he is not clean.

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And it came to pass on the morrow,
which was the second day of the month,

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that David's place was empty.

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And Saul said unto Jonathan his son,
Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to

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meet, neither yesterday nor today?

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And Jonathan answered Saul, David
earnestly asked leave of me to go to

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Bethlehem.

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And he said, Let me go, I pray thee,
for our family hath a sacrifice in the

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city, and my brother, he hath commanded me
to be there.

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And now, if I have found favour in thine
eyes, let me get away, I pray thee,

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and see my brethren.

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Therefore he cometh not unto the king's
table.

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Then Saul's anger was kindled against
Jonathan, and he said unto him,

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Thou son of the perverse, rebellious
woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen

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the son of Jesse to thine own confusion,
and unto the confusion of thy mother's

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nakedness?

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For as long as the son of Jesse liveth
upon the ground, thou shalt not be

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established, nor thy kingdom.

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Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me,
for he shall surely die.

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And Jonathan answered Saul his father,
and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be

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slain?

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What hath he done?

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And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite
him, whereby Jonathan knew that it was

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determined of his father to slay David.

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So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce
anger, and did eat no meat the second day

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of the month.

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For he was grieved for David, because his
father had done him shame.

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And it came to pass in the morning,
that Jonathan went out into the field at

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the time appointed with David,
and a little lad with him.

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And he said unto his lad, Run,
find out now the arrows which I shoot.

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And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow
beyond him.

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And when the lad was come to the place of
the arrow which Jonathan had shot,

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Jonathan cried after the lad, and said,
Is not the arrow beyond thee?

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And Jonathan cried after the lad,
Make speed, haste, stay not.

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And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows,
and came to his master.

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But the lad knew not anything,
only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

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And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his
lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to

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the city.

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And as soon as the lad was gone,
David arose out of a place toward the

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south, and fell on his face to the ground,
and bowed himself three times.

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And they kissed one another, and wept one
with another, until David acceded.

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And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace,
forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in

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the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be
between me and thee, and between my seed

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and thy seed forever.

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And he arose and departed, and Jonathan
went into the city.

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The End