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1 Samuel 20:6-8
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 20:6-8
International Standard Version
6 If your father actually notices that I’m not there,[a] then you are to say, ‘David urgently requested that I allow him to run to his hometown of Bethlehem because the yearly sacrifice for the entire family was taking place there.’ 7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant will be safe.[b] But if he actually gets angry, you will know that his intentions are evil.[c] 8 Now, show gracious kindness to your servant because you have entered into a sacred covenant[d] with your servant. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself—why should you bring me to your father?”
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- 1 Samuel 20:6 The Heb. lacks that I’m not there
- 1 Samuel 20:7 Lit. there will be peace for your servant
- 1 Samuel 20:7 Lit. that evil has been determined by him
- 1 Samuel 20:8 Lit. a covenant of the Lord
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