1 Samuel 20:1

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan: 'What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

In Context

2And he said unto him: 'Far from it; thou shalt not die; behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.'

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:3Here I am; witness against me before the LORD, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.'

1 Samuel 19:18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

1 Samuel 20:32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him: 'Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?'

1 Samuel 24:9(24-10) And David said to Saul: 'Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying: Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

1 Samuel 24:12(24-13) The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Samuel 26:18And he said: 'Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:1

David, having several times narrowly escaped Saul's fury, begins to consider at last whether it may not be necessary for him to retire into the country and to take up arms in his own defence. But he will not do so daring a thing without consulting his faithful friend Jonathan; how he did this, and what passed between them, we have an account in this chapter, where we have as surprising instances of supernatural love as we had in the chapter before of unnatural hatred. I. David complains to Jonathan of his present… Read the whole commentary →

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