1 Samuel 20:21

Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’

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In The King James Version

And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

In Context

20And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.

22If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:2For even though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in this, too, they swear falsely.”

Amos 8:14They swear by the offense of Samaria, and they say, “As your God lives, Dan,” and “The way of Beer-sheba lives.” And they will fall, and they will not rise up any more.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24

Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →

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