Dual Panel1And David <01732> fled <01272> (8799) from Naioth <05121> in Ramah <07414>_, and came <0935> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) before <06440> Jonathan <03083>_, What have I done <06213> (8804)_? what [is] mine iniquity <05771>_? and what [is] my sin <02403> before <06440> thy father <01>_, that he seeketh <01245> (8764) my life <05315>_?
2And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, God forbid <02486>_; thou shalt not die <04191> (8799)_: behold, my father <01> will do <06213> (8799) (8675) <06213> (8804) nothing <01697> either great <01419> or small <06996>_, but that he will shew <01540> (8799) <0241> it me: and why should my father <01> hide <05641> (8686) this thing <01697> from me? it [is] not [so]. {shew...: Heb. uncover mine ear}
3And David <01732> sware <07650> (8735) moreover, and said <0559> (8799)_, Thy father <01> certainly <03045> (8800) knoweth <03045> (8804) that I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thine eyes <05869>_; and he saith <0559> (8799)_, Let not Jonathan <03083> know <03045> (8799) this, lest he be grieved <06087> (8735)_: but truly <0199> [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>_, and [as] thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>_, [there is] but a step <06587> between me and death <04194>_.
4Then said <0559> (8799) Jonathan <03083> unto David <01732>_, Whatsoever thy soul <05315> desireth <0559> (8799)_, I will even do <06213> (8799) [it] for thee. {Whatsoever...: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc} {desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh}
5And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Jonathan <03083>_, Behold, to morrow <04279> [is] the new moon <02320>_, and I should not fail <03427> (8800) to sit <03427> (8799) with the king <04428> at meat <0398> (8800)_: but let me go <07971> (8765)_, that I may hide <05641> (8738) myself in the field <07704> unto the third <07992> [day] at even <06153>_.
6If thy father <01> at all <06485> (8800) miss <06485> (8799) me, then say <0559> (8804)_, David <01732> earnestly <07592> (8736) asked <07592> (8738) [leave] of me that he might run <07323> (8800) to Bethlehem <01035> his city <05892>_: for [there is] a yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077> there for all the family <04940>_. {sacrifice: or, feast}
7If he say <0559> (8799) thus, [It is] well <02896>_; thy servant <05650> shall have peace <07965>_: but if he be very <02734> (8800) wroth <02734> (8799)_, [then] be sure <03045> (8798) that evil <07451> is determined <03615> (8804) by him.
8Therefore thou shalt deal <06213> (8804) kindly <02617> with thy servant <05650>_; for thou hast brought <0935> (8689) thy servant <05650> into a covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> with thee: notwithstanding, if there be <03426> in me iniquity <05771>_, slay <04191> (8685) me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring <0935> (8686) me to thy father <01>_?
9And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799)_, Far be it from thee <02486>_: for if I knew <03045> (8799) certainly <03045> (8800) that evil <07451> were determined <03615> (8804) by my father <01> to come <0935> (8800) upon thee, then would not I tell <05046> (8686) it thee?
10Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732> to Jonathan <03083>_, Who shall tell <05046> (8686) me? or what [if] thy father <01> answer <06030> (8799) thee roughly <07186>_?
11And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>_, Come <03212> (8798)_, and let us go out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704>_. And they went out <03318> (8799) both <08147> of them into the field <07704>_.
12And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>_, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, when I have sounded <02713> (8799) my father <01> about to morrow <04279> any time <06256>_, [or] the third <07992> [day], and, behold, [if there be] good <02895> (8804) toward David <01732>_, and I then send <07971> (8799) not unto thee, and shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it thee; {sounded: Heb. searched} {shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear}
13The LORD <03068> do <06213> (8799) so <03541> and much more <03254> (8686) to Jonathan <03083>_: but if it please <03190> (8686) my father <01> [to do] thee evil <07451>_, then I will shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it thee, and send thee away <07971> (8765)_, that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) in peace <07965>_: and the LORD <03068> be with thee, as he hath been with my father <01>_. {shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear}
14And thou shalt not only while yet <0518> I live <02416> shew <06213> (8799) me the kindness <02617> of the LORD <03068>_, that I die <04191> (8799) not:
15But [also] thou shalt not cut off <03772> (8686) thy kindness <02617> from my house <01004> for <05704> ever <05769>_: no, not when the LORD <03068> hath cut off <03772> (8687) the enemies <0341> (8802) of David <01732> every one <0376> from the face <06440> of the earth <0127>_.
16So Jonathan <03083> made <03772> (8799) [a covenant] with the house <01004> of David <01732>_, [saying], Let the LORD <03068> even require <01245> (8765) [it] at the hand <03027> of David's <01732> enemies <0341> (8802)_. {made: Heb. cut}
17And Jonathan <03083> caused David <01732> to swear <07650> (8687) again <03254> (8686)_, because he loved <0160> him: for he loved <0157> (8804) him as he loved <0160> his own soul <05315>_. {because...: or, by his love toward him}
18Then Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>_, To morrow <04279> [is] the new moon <02320>_: and thou shalt be missed <06485> (8738)_, because thy seat <04186> will be empty <06485> (8735)_. {empty: Heb. missed}
19And [when] thou hast stayed three days <08027> (8765)_, [then] thou shalt go down <03381> (8799) quickly <03966>_, and come <0935> (8804) to the place <04725> where thou didst hide <05641> (8738) thyself when <03117> the business <04639> was [in hand], and shalt remain <03427> (8804) by <0681> the stone <068> Ezel <0237>_. {quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly} {Ezel: or, that sheweth the way} {when the...: Heb. in the day of the business}
20And I will shoot <03384> (8686) three <07969> arrows <02671> on the side <06654> [thereof], as though I shot <07971> (8763) at a mark <04307>_.
21And, behold, I will send <07971> (8799) a lad <05288>_, [saying], Go <03212> (8798)_, find out <04672> (8798) the arrows <02671>_. If I expressly <0559> (8800) say <0559> (8799) unto the lad <05288>_, Behold, the arrows <02671> [are] on this side of thee, take <03947> (8798) them; then come <0935> (8798) thou: for [there is] peace <07965> to thee, and no hurt <01697>_; [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>_. {no hurt: Heb. not any thing}
22But if I say <0559> (8799) thus unto the young man <05958>_, Behold, the arrows <02671> [are] beyond <01973> thee; go thy way <03212> (8798)_: for the LORD <03068> hath sent thee away <07971> (8765)_.
23And [as touching] the matter <01697> which thou and I have spoken <01696> (8765) of, behold, the LORD <03068> [be] between thee and me for <05704> ever <05769>_.
24So David <01732> hid <05641> (8735) himself in the field <07704>_: and when the new moon <02320> was come, the king <04428> sat him down <03427> (8799) to eat <0398> (8800) meat <03899>_.
25And the king <04428> sat <03427> (8799) upon his seat <04186>_, as at other times <06471>_, [even] upon a seat <04186> by the wall <07023>_: and Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> (8799)_, and Abner <074> sat <03427> (8799) by Saul's <07586> side <06654>_, and David's <01732> place <04725> was empty <06485> (8735)_.
26Nevertheless Saul <07586> spake <01696> (8765) not any thing <03972> that day <03117>_: for he thought <0559> (8804)_, Something hath befallen <04745> him, he [is] not <01115> clean <02889>_; surely he [is] not clean <02889>_.
27And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>_, [which was] the second <08145> [day] of the month <02320>_, that David's <01732> place <04725> was empty <06485> (8735)_: and Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>_, Wherefore cometh <0935> (8804) not the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> to meat <03899>_, neither yesterday <08543>_, nor to day <03117>_?
28And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> (8799) Saul <07586>_, David <01732> earnestly <07592> (8736) asked <07592> (8738) [leave] of me <05978> [to go] to Bethlehem <01035>_:
29And he said <0559> (8799)_, Let me go <07971> (8761)_, I pray thee; for our family <04940> hath a sacrifice <02077> in the city <05892>_; and my brother <0251>_, he hath commanded <06680> (8765) me [to be there]: and now, if I have found <04672> (8804) favour <02580> in thine eyes <05869>_, let me get away <04422> (8735)_, I pray thee, and see <07200> (8799) my brethren <0251>_. Therefore he cometh <0935> (8804) not unto the king's <04428> table <07979>_.
30Then Saul's <07586> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799) against Jonathan <03083>_, and he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou son <01121> of the perverse <05753> (8737) rebellious <04780> [woman], do not I know <03045> (8804) that thou hast chosen <0977> (8802) the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> to thine own confusion <01322>_, and unto the confusion <01322> of thy mother's <0517> nakedness <06172>_? {Thou...: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion}
31For as long as <03117> the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> liveth <02425> (8804) upon the ground <0127>_, thou shalt not be established <03559> (8735)_, nor thy kingdom <04438>_. Wherefore now send <07971> (8798) and fetch <03947> (8798) him unto me, for he shall surely die <01121> <04194>_. {shall...: Heb. is the son of death}
32And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> (8799) Saul <07586> his father <01>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain <04191> (8714)_? what hath he done <06213> (8804)_?
33And Saul <07586> cast <02904> (8686) a javelin <02595> at him to smite <05221> (8687) him: whereby Jonathan <03083> knew <03045> (8799) that it was determined <03617> of his father <01> to slay <04191> (8687) David <01732>_.
34So Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> (8799) from the table <07979> in fierce <02750> anger <0639>_, and did eat <0398> (8804) no meat <03899> the second <08145> day <03117> of the month <02320>_: for he was grieved <06087> (8738) for David <01732>_, because his father <01> had done him shame <03637> (8689)_.
35And it came to pass in the morning <01242>_, that Jonathan <03083> went out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704> at the time appointed <04150> with David <01732>_, and a little <06996> lad <05288> with him.
36And he said <0559> (8799) unto his lad <05288>_, Run <07323> (8798)_, find out <04672> (8798) now the arrows <02671> which I shoot <03384> (8688)_. [And] as the lad <05288> ran <07323> (8801)_, he shot <03384> (8804) an arrow <02678> beyond <05674> (8687) him. {beyond...: Heb. to pass over him}
37And when the lad <05288> was come <0935> (8799) to the place <04725> of the arrow <02678> which Jonathan <03083> had shot <03384> (8804)_, Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> (8799) after <0310> the lad <05288>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, [Is] not the arrow <02678> beyond <01973> thee?
38And Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> (8799) after <0310> the lad <05288>_, Make speed <04120>_, haste <02363> (8798)_, stay <05975> (8799) not. And Jonathan's <03083> lad <05288> gathered up <03950> (8762) the arrows <02671> (8675) <02678>_, and came <0935> (8799) to his master <0113>_.
39But the lad <05288> knew <03045> (8804) not any thing <03972>_: only Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> knew <03045> (8804) the matter <01697>_.
40And Jonathan <03083> gave <05414> (8799) his artillery <03627> unto his lad <05288>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go <03212> (8798)_, carry <0935> (8685) [them] to the city <05892>_. {artillery: Heb. instruments} {his lad: Heb. the lad that was his}
41[And] as soon as the lad <05288> was gone <0935> (8802)_, David <01732> arose <06965> (8804) out of [a place] toward <0681> the south <05045>_, and fell <05307> (8799) on his face <0639> to the ground <0776>_, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself three <07969> times <06471>_: and they kissed <05401> (8799) one <0376> another <07453>_, and wept <01058> (8799) one <0376> with another <07453>_, until David <01732> exceeded <01431> (8689)_.
42And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>_, Go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965>_, forasmuch as we have sworn <07650> (8738) both <08147> of us in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The LORD <03068> be between me and thee, and between my seed <02233> and thy seed <02233> for <05704> ever <05769>_. And he arose <06965> (8799) and departed <03212> (8799)_: and Jonathan <03083> went <0935> (8802) into the city <05892>_. {forasmuch...: or, the LORD be witness of that which etc}