Lexham English Bible

1 Samuel 20:30-40 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

30. Then Saul became angry at Jonathan and said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

31. For as long as the son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established! So then, send and bring him to me, for he will surely die!”

32. But Jonathan answered his father Saul and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

33. Then Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father had decided to kill David.

34. Jonathan got up from the table enraged, and did not eat on the second day of the new moon because he was upset about David, because his father had disgraced him.

35. And then in the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a young boy was with him.

36. He said to his servant, “Run, please find the arrows that I am shooting!” The boy ran, and he shot the arrow to pass over him.

37. When the boy came up to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called out after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”

38. Then Jonathan called out after the boy, “Quick, hurry, do not linger!” And Jonathan’s servant collected the arrows and came to his master.

39. But the boy did not know anything about this; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40. Jonathan gave his weapons to his servant and said to him, “Go, bring them to the city.”