1 Sam 20-Study-Jonathan's Covenant-House of David

[Anne Terri]

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JONATHAN'S COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF DAVID

1 SAMUEL 20 - STUDY GUIDE

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1 Samuel 20:1-3 David fled from Naioth in Ramah ... said before Jonathan ... What have I done? ... before thy father that he seeketh my life? ....(Jonathan answered) God forbid ... thou shalt not die... and why should my father hide this ... from me? ... David sware ... as the LORD liveth ... there is but a step betweenmeand death

1 Samuel 20:4- 7 (Jonathan and David's conversation about King Saul) Jonathan said ... Whatsoever thy soul desireth I will even do ...David said ... Tomorrow ... I should not fail to sit with the king ... let me go, that I may hide ... say David... asked leave ... to Bethlehem ... there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family ... If he say ... It is well ... but if he be wroth ... evil is determined by him

1 Samuel 20:8-15(David)thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant ... thou has brought they servant into a covenant of the LORD ... if there be inmeiniquity, slay me thyself (Jonathan said) if I knew certainly that evil ... by my father to come upon thee ... would I not tell thee? (David)Who shall tell me? (Jonathan) when I have sounded my father ... if there be good towardDavid... I then send not unto thee ...if it please my father to do thee evil ...I will shew it thee and send thee away ... thou shalt ... shew me the kindness of the LORD that I die not ... thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house ...

1 Samuel 20:16-19 Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David ... Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him ... said to David... thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty ... when thou hast stayed three days ... go down quickly ... to the place where thou didst hide ... remain by the stone Ezel.

1 Samuel 20:20-23 (Jonathan) I will shoot three arrows ... I will send a lad, saying Go, find out the arrows ... If I say ... the arrows are on this side of thee, take them then come thou: ... if I say ... the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

1 Samuel 20:24-29 David hid in the field ... the king sat him down to eat meat ... upon his seat ... by the wall ... Jonathan arose ... Abner sat by Saul ...David's place was empty ...Saul spake not any thing ... he thought, Something hath befallen him ...the second day...David's place was empty ... Saul said ... Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat ... Jonathan answered ...David ... he said let me go I pray thee for our family hath a sacrifice in the city ...my brother, he

1 Samuel 20:30-34 Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan ... said ... Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman ... do not I know ... thou has chosen the son of Jessee to thy own confusion ... unto the confusion of they mother's nakedness? ... for as long as the son of Jesse liveth ... thou shalt not be established nor thy kingdom ... fetch him unto me ... he shall surely die ... Jonathan answered ... Wherefore shall he be slain? ... Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him (Jonathan) arose from the table in fierce anger ...

1 Samuel 20:35-42 Jonathan went ... into the field ... a little lad with him ... he said ... Run, find out now the arrows which I Shoot ... he shot an arrow beyond him ... Jonathan cried ...Is not the arrow beyond thee? ... Jonathan cried after ... Make speed ... stay not ... the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew ... Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad ... said ... Go, carry them to the city ... as soon as the lad was gone, David arose ...bowed himself three times: they kissed ...wept ... Jonathan said... Go in peace ...The LORD be between my seed and thy seed for ever

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1 Samuel 20:1-3 David fled from Naioth in Ramah ... said before Jonathan ... What have I done? ... before thy father that he seeketh my life? ....(Jonathan answered) God forbid ... thou shalt not die... and why should my father hide this ... from me? ... David sware ... as the LORD liveth ... there is but a step between me and death


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?
2: And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
3: And David sware moreover, and said,
Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.



1 Samuel 20:4- 7 (Jonathan and David's conversation about King Saul) Jonathan said ... Whatsoever thy soul desireth I will even do ...David said ... Tomorrow ... I should not fail to sit with the king ... let me go, that I may hide ... say David ... asked leave ... to Bethlehem ... there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family ... If he say ... It is well ... but if he be wroth ... evil is determined by him


4: Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

5: And David said unto Jonathan,
Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
6: If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
7: If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.



1 Samuel 20:8-15 (David) thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant ... thou has brought they servant into a covenant of the LORD ... if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself (Jonathan said) if I knew certainly that evil ... by my father to come upon thee ... would I not tell thee? (David) Who shall tell me? (Jonathan) when I have sounded my father ... if there be good toward David ... I then send not unto thee ...if it please my father to do thee evil ...I will shew it thee and send thee away ... thou shalt ... shew me the kindness of the LORD that I die not ... thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house ...



8: Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

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 any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, andI then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
13: The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan:
but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
14: And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
15: But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.




1 Samuel 20:16-19 Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David ... Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him ... said to David ... thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty ... when thou hast stayed three days ... go down quickly ... to the place where thou didst hide ... remain by the stone Ezel.


16: So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
17: And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18: Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
19: And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.




1 Samuel 20:20-23 (Jonathan) I will shoot three arrows ... I will send a lad, saying Go, find out the arrows ... If I say ... the arrows are on this side of thee, take them then come thou: ... if I say ... the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

20: And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
21: 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.
22: But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
23: And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.



1 Samuel 20:24-29 David hid in the field ... the king sat him down to eat meat ... upon his seat ... by the wall ... Jonathan arose ... Abner sat by Saul ... David's place was empty ...Saul spake not any thing ... he thought, Something hath befallen him ...the second day...David's place was empty ... Saul said ... Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat ... Jonathan answered ... David ... he said let me go I pray thee for our family hath a sacrifice in the city ...my brother, he hath commanded ...


24: So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
25: And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
26: Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
27: And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son,
Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
28: And Jonathan answered Saul,
David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
29: And he said,
Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.




1 Samuel 20:30-34 Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan ... said ... Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman ... do not I know ... thou has chosen the son of Jessee to thy own confusion ... unto the confusion of they mother's nakedness? ... for as long as the son of Jesse liveth ... thou shalt not be established nor thy kingdom ... fetch him unto me ... he shall surely die ... Jonathan answered ... Wherefore shall he be slain? ... Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him (Jonathan) arose from the table in fierce anger ...



30: Then Saul'sanger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him,
Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
31: For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
32: And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
33: And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
34: So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.




1 Samuel 20:35-42 Jonathan went ... into the field ... a little lad with him ... he said ... Run, find out now the arrows which I Shoot ... he shot an arrow beyond him ... Jonathan cried ...Is not the arrow beyond thee? ... Jonathan cried after ... Make speed ... stay not ... the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew ... Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad ... said ... Go, carry them to the city ... as soon as the lad was gone, David arose ...bowed himself three times: they kissed ...wept ... Jonathan said... Go in peace ...The LORD be between my seed and thy seed for ever



35: And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
36: And he said unto his lad,
Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot.
And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37: And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
38: And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not.
And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39: But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40: And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
41: And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
42: And Jonathan said to David,
Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever.
And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

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Names of 1 Samuel 20

THE FAMILY OF KING SAUL
(See also 1 Samuel 14)


Kish: (Son) Saul
Ahimaaz: (Daughter) Ahinoam
Abiel:(Son) Ner
Ner (Saul's Uncle): (Son) Abner (captain of Saul's Host)

Saul and Wife Ahinoam:(Sons) Jonathan, Ishue, Melchi-shua
(Daughters) Merab, Michal

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David
Jonathan
Saul
Jesse

(References to Abner - See also 1 Samuel 17:52-58 and 1 Samuel 26:5)


1 Samuel 17:52-58 the men of Israel ... pursued the Philistines ... the wounded of the Philistines ... fell down by the way to Shaaraim ... the children of Israel returned ... and they spoiled their tents ... David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem... he put his armour in his tent ... Saul asked the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? the king said, Inquire... And as David returned from the slaughter, Abner ... brought him before Saul ... said to him, Whose son art thou ... David answered I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite

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1 Samuel Chapter 26:5

5: And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

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Places of 1 Samuel 20

Naioth in Ramah,

the stone Ezel.