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Jonathan’s covenant with David’s house, and his word about the three arrows

요나단이 다윗의 집과 한 언약과 살 셋에 대한 요나단의 말

1 Samuel 20:12–23: Jonathan says to David, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, won’t I then send to you and disclose it to you? The LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father. You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I not die; but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.” So Jonathan makes a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.” Jonathan causes David to swear again, for the love that he had for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Then Jonathan says to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel. I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark. Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come, for there is peace to you and no danger, as the LORD lives. But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away. Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.” The Korean Revised Version gives Jonathan’s words at 20:16 as a wish, 여호와께서는 다윗의 대적들을 치실찌어다 (may the LORD strike David’s enemies).

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1SA 20:12–23, engwebp
¹²Jonathan said to David, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, won’t I then send to you and disclose it to you?
¹³The LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.
¹⁴You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I not die;
¹⁵but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.”
¹⁶So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
¹⁷Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
¹⁸Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
¹⁹When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
²⁰I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
²¹Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come, for there is peace to you and no danger, as the LORD lives.
²²But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.
²³Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”
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Jonathan (son of Saul) — Took part in — Jonathan’s covenant with David’s house, and his word about the three arrows

Evidence: 1 Samuel 20:12–23
David — Took part in — Jonathan’s covenant with David’s house, and his word about the three arrows

Evidence: 1 Samuel 20:12–23

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Current wording: 1 Samuel 20:12–23: Jonathan says to David, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, won’t I then send to you and disclose it to you? The LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father. You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I not die; but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.” So Jonathan makes a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.” Jonathan causes David to swear again, for the love that he had for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Then Jonathan says to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel. I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark. Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come, for there is peace to you and no danger, as the LORD lives. But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away. Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.” The Korean Revised Version gives Jonathan’s words at 20:16 as a wish, 여호와께서는 다윗의 대적들을 치실찌어다 (may the LORD strike David’s enemies).
Cited evidence: 1SA 20:12–23, engwebp
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