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1 Samuel 20:1

Good News Translation

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and went to Jonathan. “What have I done?” he asked. “What crime have I committed? What wrong have I done to your father to make him want to kill me?”

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Proud people are coming to attack me; cruel people are trying to kill me— those who do not care about God.

We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity, by the power of God's grace and not by human wisdom.

And so the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and how to keep the wicked under punishment for the Day of Judgment,

And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.

Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, accuse me now in the presence of the Lord and the king he has chosen. Have I taken anybody's cow or anybody's donkey? Have I cheated or oppressed anyone? Have I accepted a bribe from anyone? If I have done any of these things, I will pay back what I have taken.”

Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David,

David escaped and went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

Jonathan answered, “God forbid that you should die! My father tells me everything he does, important or not, and he would not hide this from me. It just isn't so!”

“Why should he die?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

Look, my father, look at the piece of your robe I am holding! I could have killed you, but instead I only cut this off. This should convince you that I have no thought of rebelling against you or of harming you. You are hunting me down to kill me, even though I have not done you any wrong.

May the Lord judge which one of us is wrong! May he punish you for your action against me, for I will not harm you in the least.

Then he said to David, “You are right, and I am wrong. You have been so good to me, while I have done such wrong to you!

and said, “Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you?

And he added, “Why, sir, are you still pursuing me, your servant? What have I done? What crime have I committed?




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