1 Samuel 20:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,

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  • 1 Sam 20:6 : 6 if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days `is' there for all the family.

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  • 1 Sam 20:29
    85%

    29and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother himself hath given command to me, and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren; therefore he hath not come unto the table of the king.'

  • 1 Sam 20:1-6
    6 verses
    83%

    1And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, `What have I done? what `is' mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father, that he is seeking my life?'

    2And he saith to him, `Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this `thing' is not.'

    3And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but -- as a step between me and death.'

    4And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.'

    5And David saith unto Jonathan, `Lo, the new moon `is' to-morrow; and I do certainly sit with the king to eat; and thou hast sent me away, and I have been hidden in a field till the third evening;

    6if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days `is' there for all the family.

  • 1 Sam 20:32-35
    4 verses
    80%

    32And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?'

    33And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.

    34And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he hath been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame.

    35And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little youth `is' with him.

  • 1 Sam 20:27
    78%

    27And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David's place is looked after, and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son, `Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or to-day, unto the food?'

  • 1 Sam 20:8-13
    6 verses
    78%

    8and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy servant with thee; -- and if there is in me iniquity, put thou me to death; and unto thy father, why is this -- thou dost bring me in?'

    9And Jonathan saith, `Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee, and I do not declare it to thee.'

    10And David saith unto Jonathan, `Who doth declare to me? or what `if' thy father doth answer thee sharply?'

    11And Jonathan saith unto David, `Come, and we go out into the field;' and they go out both of them into the field.

    12And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel -- when I search my father, about `this' time to-morrow `or' the third `day', and lo, good `is' towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear --

    13thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father, then I have uncovered thine ear, and sent thee away, and thou hast gone in peace, and Jehovah is with thee, as he was with my father;

  • 1 Sam 19:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,

    2and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,

    3and I -- I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou `art', and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what `is coming', and have declared to thee.'

    4And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee `are' very good;

  • 1 Sam 23:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

    17and saith unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.'

    18And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:40-42
    3 verses
    75%

    40And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, `Go, carry into the city.'

    41The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

    42and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age;' and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    75%

    1And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which `is' on the other side of this;' and to his father he hath not declared `it'.

  • 1 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

    2And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    74%

    17And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

  • 1 Sam 17:58
    74%

    58and Saul saith unto him, `Whose son `art' thou, O youth?' and David saith, `Son of thy servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.'

  • 1 Sam 17:15
    73%

    15and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

  • 2 Sam 1:4
    73%

    4And David saith unto him, `What hath been the matter? declare, I pray thee, to me.' And he saith, that `The people hath fled from the battle, and also a multitude hath fallen of the people, and they die; and also Saul and Jonathan his son have died.'

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    73%

    44And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.'

  • 1 Sam 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.'

    7And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    73%

    17And Saul saith to the people who `are' with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?' and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    72%

    13And Saul saith unto him, `Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as `at' this day?'

  • 1 Sam 14:40
    72%

    40And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye -- ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;' and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.'

  • 1 Sam 20:16
    72%

    16And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought `it' from the hand of the enemies of David;

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    72%

    9And David saith to Saul, `Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil?

  • 1 Sam 20:25
    72%

    25and the king sitteth on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan riseth, and Abner sitteth at the side of Saul, and David's place is looked after.

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17And Saul discerneth the voice of David, and saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?' and David saith, `My voice, my lord, O king!'

    18and he saith, `Why `is' this -- my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what `is' in my hand evil?

  • 1 Sam 23:2
    72%

    2And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? -- and have I smitten among these Philistines?' And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.'

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    72%

    1And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.'

  • 1 Sam 20:19
    72%

    19and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    71%

    24And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.'