--- title: "1 Samuel 20:9-23 KJV - \"And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"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 wou\" — Read 1 Samuel 20:9-23 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-samuel/20/9-23" --- [ Read](/kjv/1-samuel/20)[ Commentary](/study/1-samuel/20)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-samuel/20) Audio ## 1 Samuel 20:9-23 in Context (Verses 6–26 KJV) [6 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/6) 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.* [7 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/7) 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. [8 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/8) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/9) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/10) Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what *if* thy father answer thee roughly? [11 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/11) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/12) 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, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;** [13 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/13) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/14) And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: [15 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/15) 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. [16 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/16) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/17) And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.* [18 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/18) Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow *is* the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.* [19 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/19) 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.*** [20 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/20) And I will shoot three arrows on the side *thereof*, as though I shot at a mark. [21 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/21) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/22) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/23) And *as touching* the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD *be* between thee and me for ever. [24 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/24) ¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. [25 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/25) 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/26) Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he *is* not clean; surely he *is* not clean. 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