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I Samuel Chapter 20

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David confronts the Philistine giant Goliath, who has been terrorizing Israel. David defeats Goliath with a simple stone and a sling, showing that God can provide a champion. The story highlights faith and the power of trusting God over human strength.

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(1) And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
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(2) And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
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I Samuel 14:45Genesis 44:7Joshua 22:29Joshua 24:16Luke 20:16I Samuel 20:12I Samuel 9:15Psalms 40:6Isaiah 50:5John 15:15John 17:8

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Deuteronomy 5:25II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8I Samuel 1:8

(3) And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
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(4) Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
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(5) And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
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I Samuel 20:6Numbers 10:10Numbers 28:11II Kings 4:23Psalms 81:3Colossians 2:16I Samuel 20:19I Samuel 19:2Psalms 55:12Proverbs 22:3John 8:59Acts 17:14

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(6) If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
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I Samuel 17:58John 7:42I Samuel 9:12I Samuel 16:2I Samuel 16:3I Samuel 16:4I Samuel 16:5

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(7) If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
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Deuteronomy 1:23II Samuel 17:4I Samuel 20:9I Samuel 25:17Esther 7:7

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(8) Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
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Genesis 24:49Genesis 47:29Joshua 2:14Ruth 1:8Proverbs 3:3I Samuel 20:16I Samuel 18:3I Samuel 23:18Joshua 22:22II Samuel 14:32Psalms 7:4Psalms 7:5

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II Kings 14:10II Chronicles 25:19Obadiah 1:12I Samuel 1:8Malachi 2:10Jeremiah 18:23

(9) And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
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I Samuel 20:38I Samuel 20:42I Samuel 19:2

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(10) Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
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I Samuel 20:30I Samuel 20:31I Samuel 20:32I Samuel 20:33I Samuel 20:34I Samuel 25:10I Samuel 25:14I Samuel 25:17Genesis 42:7Genesis 42:30I Kings 12:13Proverbs 18:23

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(11) And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
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(12) And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
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(13) The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
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I Samuel 3:17I Samuel 25:22Ruth 1:17II Samuel 3:35II Samuel 19:13I Kings 19:2I Kings 20:10I Samuel 17:37Joshua 1:5I Chronicles 22:11I Chronicles 22:16Matthew 28:20

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(14) And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
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(15) But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
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I Samuel 24:21II Samuel 9:1II Samuel 9:2II Samuel 9:3II Samuel 9:4II Samuel 9:5II Samuel 9:6II Samuel 9:7II Samuel 21:7

(16) So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
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I Samuel 18:3Genesis 15:18I Samuel 25:22I Samuel 31:2II Samuel 4:7II Samuel 4:8II Samuel 21:8

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(17) And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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I Samuel 18:1I Samuel 18:3Deuteronomy 13:6II Samuel 1:26Proverbs 18:24

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(18) Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
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I Samuel 20:25I Samuel 20:5I Samuel 20:27I Samuel 19:7

(19) And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
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I Samuel 20:5I Samuel 19:2

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(20) And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
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(21) And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
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Jeremiah 4:2Jeremiah 5:2Jeremiah 12:16Amos 8:14

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(22) But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
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(23) And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
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I Samuel 20:14I Samuel 20:15I Samuel 20:42Genesis 16:5Genesis 31:50

(24) So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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Psalms 50:16Psalms 50:17Psalms 50:18Psalms 50:19Psalms 50:20Psalms 50:21Proverbs 4:17Proverbs 15:17Proverbs 17:1Proverbs 21:3Proverbs 21:27Isaiah 1:11

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I Samuel 20:5II Kings 16:15Matthew 9:10Mark 2:15Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25

(25) And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
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Judges 16:20

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(26) Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
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Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 11:24Leviticus 11:27Leviticus 11:31Leviticus 11:40Leviticus 15:5Leviticus 15:16Leviticus 15:17Leviticus 15:19Leviticus 15:20Leviticus 15:21Numbers 19:16

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(27) And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
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(28) And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
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(29) And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
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(30) Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
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Job 5:2Proverbs 14:29Proverbs 19:12Proverbs 19:19Proverbs 21:24Proverbs 25:28Proverbs 27:3James 1:19James 1:20Proverbs 15:2Matthew 5:22Ephesians 4:31

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(31) For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
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I Samuel 20:8I Samuel 19:6I Samuel 19:11I Samuel 19:12I Samuel 19:13I Samuel 19:14I Samuel 19:15I Samuel 26:16II Samuel 19:28Psalms 79:11

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(32) And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
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I Samuel 19:5Proverbs 24:11Proverbs 24:12Proverbs 31:8Proverbs 31:9John 7:51Matthew 27:23Luke 23:22I Samuel 18:11I Samuel 19:10I Samuel 19:11Proverbs 22:24

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(33) And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
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(34) So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
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(35) And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
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(36) And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
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I Samuel 20:20I Samuel 20:21I Samuel 20:22

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(37) And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
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(38) And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
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(39) But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
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(40) And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
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(41) And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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(42) And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
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