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Read Full Chapter (1 Samuel 20) 1 Samuel 20:8 KJV
"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?"
1 Samuel 20:8 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
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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.
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If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.*
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
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¶ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.