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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 20 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 1 Samuel 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/19.htm" title="1 Samuel 19">&#9668;</a> 1 Samuel 20 <a href="../1_samuel/21.htm" title="1 Samuel 21">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/1_samuel/20.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters">&nbsp;Par&nbsp;&#9662;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jonathan Helps David</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>David now fled from Naioth in Ramah and found Jonathan. &#8220;What have I done?&#8221; he exclaimed. &#8220;What is my crime? How have I offended your father that he is so determined to kill me?&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>&#8220;That&#8217;s not true!&#8221; Jonathan protested. &#8220;You&#8217;re not going to die. He always tells me everything he&#8217;s going to do, even the little things. I know my father wouldn&#8217;t hide something like this from me. It just isn&#8217;t so!&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, &#8220;Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, &#8216;I won&#8217;t tell Jonathan&#8212;why should I hurt him?&#8217; But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the LORD and by your own soul!&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>&#8220;Tell me what I can do to help you,&#8221; Jonathan exclaimed.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>David replied, &#8220;Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. I&#8217;ve always eaten with the king on this occasion, but tomorrow I&#8217;ll hide in the field and stay there until the evening of the third day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If your father asks where I am, tell him I asked permission to go home to Bethlehem for an annual family sacrifice. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If he says, &#8216;Fine!&#8217; you will know all is well. But if he is angry and loses his temper, you will know he is determined to kill me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend&#8212;for we made a solemn pact before the LORD&#8212;or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don&#8217;t betray me to him!&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>&#8220;Never!&#8221; Jonathan exclaimed. &#8220;You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to kill you, I would tell you at once.&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then David asked, &#8220;How will I know whether or not your father is angry?&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>&#8220;Come out to the field with me,&#8221; Jonathan replied. And they went out there together. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Jonathan told David, &#8220;I promise by the LORD, the God of Israel, that by this time tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, I will talk to my father and let you know at once how he feels about you. If he speaks favorably about you, I will let you know. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But if he is angry and wants you killed, may the LORD strike me and even kill me if I don&#8217;t warn you so you can escape and live. May the LORD be with you as he used to be with my father. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And may you treat me with the faithful love of the LORD as long as I live. But if I die, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> saying, &#8220;May the LORD destroy all your enemies!&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jonathan said, &#8220;Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. You will be missed when your place at the table is empty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the stone pile.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I will come out and shoot three arrows to the side of the stone pile as though I were shooting at a target. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back. If you hear me tell him, &#8216;They&#8217;re on this side,&#8217; then you will know, as surely as the LORD lives, that all is well, and there is no trouble. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But if I tell him, &#8216;Go farther&#8212;the arrows are still ahead of you,&#8217; then it will mean that you must leave immediately, for the LORD is sending you away. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And may the LORD make us keep our promises to each other, for he has witnessed them.&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon festival began, the king sat down to eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He sat at his usual place against the wall, with Jonathan sitting opposite him<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and Abner beside him. But David&#8217;s place was empty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Saul didn&#8217;t say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, &#8220;Something must have made David ceremonially unclean.&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But when David&#8217;s place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, &#8220;Why hasn&#8217;t the son of Jesse been here for the meal either yesterday or today?&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Jonathan replied, &#8220;David earnestly asked me if he could go to Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He said, &#8216;Please let me go, for we are having a family sacrifice. My brother demanded that I be there. So please let me get away to see my brothers.&#8217; That&#8217;s why he isn&#8217;t here at the king&#8217;s table.&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. &#8220;You stupid son of a whore!&#8221;<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> he swore at him. &#8220;Do you think I don&#8217;t know that you want him to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you&#8217;ll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!&#8221;</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>&#8220;But why should he be put to death?&#8221; Jonathan asked his father. &#8220;What has he done?&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father&#8217;s shameful behavior toward David.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The next morning, as agreed, Jonathan went out into the field and took a young boy with him to gather his arrows. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>&#8220;Start running,&#8221; he told the boy, &#8220;so you can find the arrows as I shoot them.&#8221; So the boy ran, and Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>When the boy had almost reached the arrow, Jonathan shouted, &#8220;The arrow is still ahead of you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Hurry, hurry, don&#8217;t wait.&#8221; So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He, of course, suspected nothing; only Jonathan and David understood the signal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him to take them back to town.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>At last Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the LORD&#8217;s name. The LORD is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever.&#8221; Then David left, and Jonathan returned to the town.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">20:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">with the house of David.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">20:19 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the stone Ezel.</span><span class="ft"> The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">20:25 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">with Jonathan standing.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">20:30 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">You son of a perverse and rebellious woman.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">20:41 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">near the south edge.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">20:42 </span><span class="ft">This sentence is numbered 21:1 in Hebrew text.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright &copy; 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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