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1 Samuel 20:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

David ran away from the camps at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done wrong? What is my crime? Why is your father trying to kill me?”

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So you see that the Lord God knows how to save those who are devoted to him. He will save them when troubles come. And the Lord will hold evil people to punish them on the day of judgment.

My dear friends, if we don’t feel that we are doing wrong, we can be without fear when we come to God.

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with a clear conscience that it is true: In everything we have done in the world, we have done it with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even truer in what we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

He said, “You are right, and I am wrong. You were good to me, even though I have been bad to you.

Look at this piece of cloth in my hand. I cut off the corner of your robe. I could have killed you, but I didn’t. Now, I want you to understand this. I want you to know that I am not planning anything against you. I did nothing wrong to you, but you are hunting me and trying to kill me.

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen when people say, ‘David plans to hurt you’?

Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, you must tell these things to the Lord and his chosen king. Did I steal anyone’s ox or donkey? Did I hurt or cheat anyone? Did I ever take money, or even a pair of sandals, to do something wrong? If I did any of these things, I will make it right.”

Jonathan answered, “That can’t be true! My father isn’t trying to kill you. My father doesn’t do anything without first telling me. It doesn’t matter how important it is, my father always tells me. Why would my father refuse to tell me that he wants to kill you? No, it is not true!”

Strangers who don’t even think about God have turned against me. Those powerful men are trying to kill me. Selah

Saul told his son Jonathan and his officers to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much,

David escaped and ran away to Samuel at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to the camps where the prophets stayed. David stayed there.

Jonathan asked his father, “Why should David be killed? What did he do wrong?”

Let the Lord be the judge. I hope the Lord will punish you for the wrong you did to me, but I won’t fight you myself.

Sir, why are you chasing me? What wrong have I done? What am I guilty of?




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