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1 Samuel 20:2-4
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2 Jonathan[a] said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing[b] large or small without making me aware of it.[c] Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

3 Taking an oath, David again[d] said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact[e] that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,[f] ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!” 4 Jonathan replied to David, “Tell me what I can do for you.”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 1 Samuel 20:2 tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).
  3. 1 Samuel 20:2 tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”
  4. 1 Samuel 20:3 tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”
  5. 1 Samuel 20:3 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
  6. 1 Samuel 20:3 tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.
  7. 1 Samuel 20:4 tn Heb “whatever your soul says, I will do for you.”
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