The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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1 Samuel 19:23 (NASB)
[SUP]23 [/SUP] He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

 

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1 Samuel 19:24
New International Version (NIV)

He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:1 (ESV)
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:2 (ESV)
And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”

 

[graceNpeace]

1 Samuel 20:3
3 [FONT=&quot]Then David took an oath again, and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, [/FONT]as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

 

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1 Samuel 20:4 (ESV)
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”

 

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1 Samuel 20:5 (ESV)
David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 20:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] "If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.'

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:7 (ESV)
If he says, ‘Good!’ it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.

 

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1 Samuel 20:8 (KJV)
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?

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:9 (ESV)
And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that harm should come to you, would I not tell you?”

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 20:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"

 

[graceNpeace]

1 Sam 20:11 NKJV

11 [FONT=&quot]And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So both of them went out into the field. [/FONT]

 

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1 Samuel 20:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Then Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you?

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:13 (King James 2000 Bible)
The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will show it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:14 (ESV)
If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the LORD, that I may not die;

 

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1 Samuel 20:15

15 but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”

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[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 20:16 (ERV)
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And the LORD shall require it at the hand of David's enemies.

 

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1 Samuel 20:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.

 

[graceNpeace]

1 Sam 20:18 NKJV

18 [FONT=&quot]Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow [/FONT]is the New Moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.