09:020:023 And as touching the matter which thou and
I have spoken of,
behold,
the lord be between thee and me for ever.
09:020:024 So David hid himself in the field:
and when the new moon was
come,
the king sat him down to eat meat.
09:020:025 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.
09:020:026 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that
day: for he
thought,
Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely
he
is not clean.
09:020:027 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?
09:020:028 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly
asked leave of me
to
go to Bethlehem:
09:020:029 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.
09:020:030 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?
09:020:031 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.
09:020:032 And Jonathan answered Saul his father,
and said unto him,
Wherefore
shall he be slain? what hath he done?
09:020:033 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite
him: whereby Jonathan
knew
that it was determined of his father to slay David.
09:020:034 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.
09:020:035 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.
09:020:036 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.
09:020:037 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?


