I Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 300

15 L1v1N<;, and not kill me. Let not your mercy cease from my family for 16 18 20 21 22 ever,—~not even when the EVER- LIVING cuts off every single enemy of David from the face of the earth. For jonathan makes a treaty with the house of David, and the EvER— Livmo will enquire for it from the hand of David’s enemies} T hen jonathan proceeded to swear

David by his friendship for him; for he loved him as the friend of his life. T0·

morrow is New Moon, so guard your- self, for your house will be watched; but upon the third day come down cautiously, and go to the place where you hid yourself on the day of sacrifice, and seat yourself at the side of the rock of Azel, and I will shoot three arrows at random with a pretence of exercising myself at the butts. Then I will send my lad to go seek the arrows. But if I say to the youth, ‘I..ook! the arrows are near you l ’ then get yourself up, and come, for you will be safe; and there is nothing, as the LORD lives. But if I say to the boy, ‘ Look out, for the arrows are beyond you and further on!’ you must Hy, for the EVER-

23 LIVING sends you away. The bond we have boundourselves by, you and I, remember, for the EvER·L1v1NG is the intermediary between myself and you, for ever! §n111 tries in Mather his mm inrmtlyan 26 fur Dzfenhing @nlriU. David consequently hid himself in the f1elds. When the New~1\/Ioon came the

king sat down to table to dine. And the king sat on his usual seat by the wall, when jonathan came up. But Abner had seated himself at the side of Saul, who missed the presence of David. Saul, however, said nothing himself about it that day, for he reflected something has happened to him, perhaps he is not clean-he has not been ready. When the second day after the

New-Moon came, and he still missed the presence of David, Saul asked Why has not the son of jessai come to—·day, as formerly, Or prepared. And. jonathan replied to Saul,

‘David asked me if he might go to Bethlehem, and said, ‘Permit me,I pray, for our clan sacrifices in that village, and my brother has sent for me, and so, ifl have found favour in your sight, allow me, I pray, for I wish to see my brothersf That is why he has not come to the king’s table} But Saul was furious with jonathan,

You young son of Rebellion. Dol not know that you have chosen the son of jessai to your own dishonour, and to the dis- honour of your mother’s shame ? For as long as the son of jessai exists above ground, your Leadership will not be secured ? And now you have sent, and taken him from me! Never- theless he is a Son of Death! jonathan; however, answered Saul

Why should he die ?~—~What has he done? Then Saul threw his javelin at him

to stab him, so jonathan knew that his father had decided upon the death of David, so jonathan arose from the table with fury, and ate no food the second day of the New- Moon, for he was grieved about David, because his father had thus deter- mined. 28 29 33 34 §¤uail3an rziwriz his Qangzr iu @atriU. But when dawn camejonathan

went out to the field to meet David, and a little lad with him, and he said Run, find the arrows I The boy ran, so he shot an arrow to pass over him. When the lad came to the place to which the arrow had been shot by jonathan, jonathan called after the lad and Hollool is not my arrow jonathan also Make haste! So the lad picked up the arrows of jonathan, and came to his master. The lad, however, knew nothing about the affair. jonathan and David, how- ever, understood the thing. Then jonathan gave his weapons to his Go! return to The lad went, and David got up from his hiding—place, and bending his face to the earth, bowed three times, and both kissed as friends, and both wept as friends, until David was overcome. Then 300 35

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