Dual Panel1David <01732> fled <01272> from Naioth <05121> in Ramah <07414>. He came <0935> to Jonathan <03083> and asked <0559>, “What <04100> have I done <06213>? What <04100> is my offense <05771>? How <04100> have I sinned <02403> before <06440> your father <01>? For <03588> he is seeking <01245> my life <05315>!”
2Jonathan said <0559> to him, “By no means <02486> are you going to die <04191>! My father <01> does <06213> nothing <01697> large <01419> or <0176> small <06996> without <03808> making <0241> <01540> me aware <0241> <01540> of it. Why <04069> would my father <01> hide <05641> this <02088> matter <01697> from <04480> me? It just won’t happen!”
3Taking an oath <07650>, David <01732> again <05750> said <0559>, “Your father <01> is very much aware of the fact <03045> <03045> that <03588> I have found <04672> favor <05869> <02580> with you, and he has thought <0559>, ‘Don’t <0408> let Jonathan <03083> know <03045> about this <02063>, or <06435> he will be upset <06087>.’ But as surely as <0199> the Lord <03068> lives <02416> and you <05315> live <02416>, there is about one step <06587> between <0996> me and death <04194>!”
4Jonathan <03083> replied <0559> to <0413> David <01732>, “Tell <0559> me what <04100> I can do <06213> for you <05315>.”
5David <01732> said <0559> to <0413> Jonathan <03083>, “Tomorrow <04279> is the new moon <02320>, and I <0595> am certainly expected <03427> to <05973> join <03427> the king <04428> for a meal <0398>. You must send <07971> me away so I can hide <05641> in the field <07704> until <05704> the third <07992> evening <06153> from now.
6If <0518> your father <01> happens to miss <06485> <06485> me, you should say <0559>, ‘David <01732> urgently requested <07592> <07592> me to let him go <07323> to his city <05892> Bethlehem <01035>, for <03588> there is an annual <03117> sacrifice <02077> there <08033> for his entire <03605> family <04940>.’
7If <0518> he should then <03541> say <0559>, ‘That’s fine <02896>,’ then your servant <05650> is safe <07965>. But if <0518> he becomes very angry <02734> <02734>, be assured <03045> that <03588> he has decided <03615> to harm <07451> me.
8You must be loyal <02617> <06213> to <05921> your servant <05650>, for <03588> you have made <0935> a covenant <01285> with <05973> your servant <05650> in the Lord’s <03068> name. If <0518> I am <03426> guilty <05771>, you <0859> yourself kill <04191> me! Why <04100> bother taking <0935> me to <05704> your father <01>?”
9Jonathan <03083> said <0559>, “Far be it <02486> from you to suggest this! If <0518> I were at all aware <03045> that <03588> my father <01> had decided <03615> to harm <07451> you, wouldn’t <03808> I tell <05046> you about it?”
10David <01732> said <0559> to <0413> Jonathan <03083>, “Who <04310> will tell <05046> me if your father <01> answers <06030> you harshly <07186>?”
11Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732>, “Come on <01980>. Let’s go out <03318> to the field <07704>.” When the two <08147> of them had gone out <03318> into the field <07704>,
12Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732>, “The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> is my witness. I will feel out <02713> my father <01> about this time <06256> the day after tomorrow <04279>. If <02009> he is favorably <02896> inclined toward <0413> David <01732>, will I not <03808> then <0227> send <07971> word to <0413> you and let you know <0241> <01540>?
13But if my father <01> intends to do <03190> you harm <07451>, may the Lord <03068> do <06213> all this <03541> and more <03254> to Jonathan <03083>, if <03588> I don’t let you know <0241> <01540> and send <07971> word to you so you can go <01980> safely <07965> on your way. May the Lord <03068> be <01961> with <05973> you, as <0834> he was <01961> with <05973> my father <01>.
14While <0518> I am still <05750> alive <02416>, extend <06213> to me <05978> the loyalty <02617> of the Lord <03068>, or <03808> else I will die <04191>!
15Don’t <03808> ever <05769> <05704> cut off <03772> your loyalty <02617> to <05973> my family <01004>, not <03808> even when the Lord <03068> has cut off <03772> every one <0376> of David’s <01732> enemies <0341> from <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>
16and called David’s <01732> enemies <0341> to account <01245>.” So Jonathan <03083> made <03772> a covenant with <05973> the house <01004> of David <01732>.
17Jonathan <03083> once again <03254> took an oath <07650> with David <01732>, because he loved <0160> him. In fact <03588> Jonathan loved <0160> him as much as he did his own life <05315>.
18Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to him, “Tomorrow <04279> is the new moon <02320>, and you will be missed <06485>, for <03588> your seat <04186> will be empty <06485>.
19On the third <08027> day you should go down <03381> quickly <03966> and come <0935> to <0413> the place <04725> where <0834> you hid <05641> yourself the day <03117> this all started. Stay <03427> near <0681> the stone <068> Ezel <0237>.
20I <0589> will shoot <03384> three <07969> arrows <02678> near <06654> it, as though I were shooting <07971> at a target <04307>.
21When I send <07971> a boy <05288> after them, I will say <0559>, “Go <01980> and find <04672> the arrows <02678>.” If <0518> I say <0559> to the boy <05288>, ‘Look <02009>, the arrows <02678> are on <04480> this side <02008> of you; get <03947> them,’ then come <0935> back. For <03588> as surely as the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, you will be safe <07965> and there will no <0369> problem <01697>.
22But if <0518> I say <0559> to the boy <05958>, “Look <02009>, the arrows <02678> are on the other side <01973> <04480> of you,’ get away <01980>. For <03588> in that case the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> you away <07971>.
23With regard to the matter <01697> that <0834> you <0859> and I <0589> discussed <01696>, the Lord <03068> is the witness between <0996> us forever <05769> <05704>!”
24So David <01732> hid <05641> in the field <07704>. When the new moon <02320> came <01961>, the king <04428> sat down <03427> to eat <0398> his meal.
25The king <04428> sat down <03427> in <05921> his usual <06471> place <04186> by <0413> the wall <07023>, with Jonathan <03083> opposite him and Abner <074> at his side <06654>. But David’s <01732> place <04725> was vacant <06485>.
26However, Saul <07586> said <01696> nothing <03972> about it that <01931> day <03117>, for <03588> he thought <0559>, “Something has happened <04745> to make him ceremonially unclean <02889> <01115>. Yes <03588>, he must be unclean <02889> <03808>.”
27But the next morning <04283>, the second <08145> day of the new moon <02320>, David’s <01732> place <04725> was still vacant <06485>. So Saul <07586> said <0559> to <0413> his son <01121> Jonathan <03083>, “Why <04069> has Jesse’s <03448> son <01121> not <03808> come <0935> to <0413> the meal <03899> yesterday <08543> or today <03117>?”
28Jonathan <03083> replied <06030> to Saul <07586>, “David <01732> urgently requested <07592> <07592> that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem <01035>.
29He said <0559>, ‘Permit <04994> me to go <07971>, for <03588> we are having a family <04940> sacrifice <02077> in the city <05892>, and my brother <0251> urged <06680> me to be there. So now <06258>, if <0518> I have found <04672> favor <02580> with you, let <04994> me go <04422> to see <07200> my brothers <0251>.’ For <05921> that <03651> reason he has not <03808> come <0935> to <0413> the king’s <04428> table <07979>.”
30Saul <07586> became <02734> angry <0639> with Jonathan <03083> and said <0559> to him, “You stupid <05753> traitor <04780>! Don’t <03808> I realize <03045> that <03588> to your own disgrace <01322> and to the disgrace <01322> of your mother’s <0517> nakedness <06172> you <0859> have chosen <0977> this son <01121> of Jesse <03448>?
31For <03588> as long <03117> <03605> as this son <01121> of Jesse <03448> is alive <02416> on <05921> the earth <0127>, you <0859> and your kingdom <04438> will not <03808> be established <03559>. Now <06258>, send <07971> some men and bring <03947> him to <0413> me. For <03588> he <01931> is as good as dead <04194>!”
32Jonathan <03083> responded <06030> to his father <01> Saul <07586>, “Why <04100> should he be put to death <04191>? What <04100> has he done <06213>?”
33Then Saul <07586> threw <02904> his spear <02595> at <05921> Jonathan in order to strike <05221> him down <05221>. So Jonathan <03083> was convinced <03045> that <03588> his <01931> father <01> had decided <03617> to kill <04191> David <01732>.
34Jonathan <03083> got up <06965> from <05973> the table <07979> enraged <0639> <02750>. He did not <03808> eat <0398> any food <03899> on that second <08145> day <03117> of the new moon <02320>, for <03588> he was upset <06087> that <03588> his father <01> had humiliated <03637> David <01732>.
35The next <01961> morning <01242> Jonathan <03083>, along with <05973> a young <06996> servant <05288>, went out <03318> to the field <07704> to meet <04150> David <01732>.
36He said <0559> to his servant <05288>, “Run <07323>, find <04672> the arrows <02678> that <0834> I <0595> am about to shoot <03384>.” As the servant <05288> ran <07323>, Jonathan shot <03384> the arrow <02678> beyond <05674> him.
37When the servant <05288> came <0935> to <05704> the place <04725> where <0834> Jonathan <03083> had shot <03384> the arrow <02678>, Jonathan <03083> called out <07121> to <0310> the servant <05288>, “Isn’t <03808> the arrow <02678> further beyond <01973> you?”
38Jonathan <03083> called <07121> out to <0310> the servant <05288>, “Hurry <02363>! Go faster <04120>! Don’t <0408> delay <05975>!” Jonathan’s <03083> servant <05288> retrieved <03950> the arrow <02678> and came <0935> back to <0413> his master <0113>.
39(Now the servant <05288> did not <03808> understand <03045> any of this <03972>. Only <0389> Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> knew <03045> what was going on <01697>.)
40Then Jonathan <03083> gave <05414> his equipment <03627> to <0413> the servant <05288> who <0834> was with him. He said <0559> to him, “Go <01980>, take these things back <0935> to the city <05892>.”
41When <0935> the servant <05288> had left, David <01732> got up <06965> from beside <0681> the mound <05045>, knelt <05307> with his face <0639> to the ground <0776>, and bowed <07812> three <07969> times <06471>. Then they kissed <05401> each <0376> other <07453> and they both wept <01058>, especially <01431> David <01732>.
42Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to David <01732>, “Go <01980> in peace <07965>, for the two <08147> of us <0587> have <0834> sworn <07650> together in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> saying <0559>, ‘The Lord <03068> will be <01961> between <0996> me and you and between <0996> my descendants <02233> and your descendants <02233> forever <05769>.’” Then David got up <06965> and left <01980>, while Jonathan <03083> went <0935> back to the city <05892>.