20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. 1 You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now. 20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go 2 to his city Bethlehem, 3 for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’ 20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ 4 then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. 5
1 tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
2 tn Heb “to run.”
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
4 tn Heb “good.”
5 tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”