1 Samuel 20:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.

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  • 1 Sam 20:20-22 : 20 And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark. 21 And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord. 22 But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

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  • 92%

    37 And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

    38 And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

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

    40 And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

    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.

  • 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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    19 And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.

    20 And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.

    21 And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.

    22 But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

  • 73%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 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.

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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.

  • 1 Sam 14:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6 And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

    7 And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.

    8 Then Jonathan said, Now we will go over to these men and let them see us.

  • 2 Sam 1:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

    6 And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

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    12 And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.

    13 And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him; and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.

  • 15 Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

  • 17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Let everyone be numbered and let us see who has gone from us. And when they had been numbered, it was seen that Jonathan and his servant were not there.

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

  • 3 So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

  • 20 And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

  • 3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

  • 1 Sam 20:1-4
    4 verses
    68%

    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.

  • 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.

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    17 Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to them.

    18 And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Send them down into the earth; and he did so three times and no more.

  • 3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

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

  • 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.

  • 24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

  • 56 And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

  • 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.

  • 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.