1 Samuel 20:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.

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  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

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    24 So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.

    25 And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.

    26 But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

    27 And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

    28 And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,

    29 Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

    30 Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

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    32 And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

    33 And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

  • 35 Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.

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    27 But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright.

    28 Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

    29 Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.

    30 How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?

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    9 And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

    10 Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

    11 And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.

    12 And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

    13 May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

  • 17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

  • 12 And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

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    41 And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

    42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

  • 1 Sam 18:1-4
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    1 Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

    2 And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

    3 Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

    4 And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.

  • 1 Sam 20:1-5
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    1 And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?

    2 And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

    3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.

    4 Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

    5 And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-5
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    1 And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.

    2 And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

    3 And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.

    4 And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:

    5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

  • 35 And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

  • 1 Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

  • 24 And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

  • 22 From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

  • 18 And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

  • 17 And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

  • 17 And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.

  • 7 And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

  • 39 But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.

  • 21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

  • 44 And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

  • 25 How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

  • 21 Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.