1 Samuel 20:11

And Jonathan said unto David: 'Come and let us go out into the field.' And they went out both of them into the field.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

In Context

10Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?'

12And Jonathan said unto David: 'The LORD, the God of Israel — when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

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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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