1 Samuel 20:12

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹנָתָן אֶל ־ דָּוִד יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּֽי ־ אֶחְקֹר אֶת ־ אָבִי כָּעֵת ׀ מָחָר הַשְּׁלִשִׁית וְהִנֵּה ־ טוֹב אֶל ־ דָּוִד וְלֹֽא ־ אָז אֶשְׁלַח אֵלֶיךָ וְגָלִיתִי אֶת ־ אָזְנֶֽךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

In Context

11וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֽוֹנָתָן אֶל ־ דָּוִד לְכָה וְנֵצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם הַשָּׂדֶֽה ׃ ס

13כֹּֽה ־ יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה לִֽיהוֹנָתָן וְכֹה יֹסִיף כִּֽי ־ יֵיטִב אֶל ־ אָבִי אֶת ־ הָֽרָעָה עָלֶיךָ וְגָלִיתִי אֶת ־ אָזְנֶךָ וְשִׁלַּחְתִּיךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ לְשָׁלוֹם וִיהִי יְהוָה עִמָּךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם ־ אָבִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Job 31:4הֲלֹא ־ הוּא יִרְאֶה דְרָכָי וְֽכָל ־ צְעָדַי יִסְפּֽוֹר ׃

Psalms 139:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר יְהוָה חֲקַרְתַּנִי וַתֵּדָֽע ׃

Proverbs 25:2כְּבֹד אֱלֹהִים הַסְתֵּר דָּבָר וּכְבֹד מְלָכִים חֲקֹר דָּבָֽר ׃

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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