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1 Samuel 20:40-42
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 20:40-42
International Standard Version
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant[a] who was with him and told him, “Go, take these things to the city.” 41 The servant[b] went. Then David came out from the south side of the rock,[c] fell on his face, and bowed down three times. The men kissed each other, and both of them cried, but David even more. 42 Jonathan told David, “Go in peace since both of us swore in the name of the Lord: ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’”
[d]Then David[e] got up and left, while Jonathan went to the city.
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- 1 Samuel 20:40 Lit. young man
- 1 Samuel 20:41 Lit. young man
- 1 Samuel 20:41 The Heb. lacks of the rock
- 1 Samuel 20:42 This sentence is 21:1 in MT
- 1 Samuel 20:42 Lit. he
1 Samuel 20:40-42
New International Version
1 Samuel 20:40-42
New International Version
40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, “Go, carry them back to town.”
41 After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground.(A) Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace,(B) for we have sworn friendship(C) with each other in the name of the Lord,(D) saying, ‘The Lord is witness(E) between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.(F)’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.[a]
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 20:42 In Hebrew texts this sentence (20:42b) is numbered 21:1.
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