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If he says ‘Good,’ it will mean peace for your servant; but if he is very angry, know that he has decided to do me harm.[a] So you must show loyal love to your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there is guilt in me, then kill me yourself! But why should you bring me to your father?” Then Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I know for certain that my father decided evil should come upon you,[b] would I not have told it to you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:7 Literally “the evil has been determined from with him”
  2. 1 Samuel 20:9 Literally “the evil is determined from with my father to come over you”

If he says, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper,(A) you can be sure that he is determined(B) to harm me. As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant(C) with you before the Lord. If I am guilty, then kill(D) me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?”

“Never!” Jonathan said. “If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you?”

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