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1 Samuel 20:11-13
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11 Jonathan said to David, “Come on. Let’s go out to the field.”

When the two of them had gone out into the field, 12 Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is my witness![a] I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know?[b] 13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know[c] and send word to you, so you can go safely on your way.[d] May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:12 tc The Hebrew text has simply “the Lord God of Israel.” On the basis of the Syriac version, many reconstruct the text to read “[is] my witness,” which may have fallen out of the text by homoioarcton (an error which is entirely possible if עֵד (ʿed, “witness,”) immediately followed דָּוִד, “David,” in the original text).
  2. 1 Samuel 20:12 tn Heb “and uncover your ear.”
  3. 1 Samuel 20:13 tn Heb “uncover your ear.”
  4. 1 Samuel 20:13 tn Heb “in peace.”
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