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1 Samuel 20:3-5
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3 Taking an oath, David again[a] said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact[b] that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,[c] ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!” 4 Jonathan replied to David, “Tell me what I can do for you.”[d]

5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal.[e] You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:3 tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”
  2. 1 Samuel 20:3 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
  3. 1 Samuel 20:3 tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.
  4. 1 Samuel 20:4 tn Heb “whatever your soul says, I will do for you.”
  5. 1 Samuel 20:5 tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
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