CHAPTER EXPLORER
1 Samuel 20
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42 verses in KJV · 236 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 1 Samuel 20 (KJV)
20:1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what [is] my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
20:2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it [is] not [so].
20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a step between me and death.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1062 BC
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H3083ye.ho.na.tanJonathan · 27 occurrencesH1732da.vidDavid · 24 occurrencesH3808lonot · 19 occurrencesH1avfather · 14 occurrencesH3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 13 occurrencesH5288na.aryouth · 12 occurrencesH5973imwith · 11 occurrencesH3045ya.dato know · 10 occurrencesH518imif · 9 occurrencesH996ba.yinbetween · 8 occurrencesH7971sha.lachto send: depart · 8 occurrencesH5704adtill · 8 occurrencesH4100mahwhat? · 8 occurrencesH7586sha.ulSaul · 7 occurrences
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