1 Samuel 20:5-7

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 

[20:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:6]  ² tn Heb “to run.”

[20:6]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[20:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “good.”

[20:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”