"But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows {are} beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away…" — 1 Samuel 20:22

1 Samuel 20:22 · KJV

“But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows {are} beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.”

— 1 Samuel 20:22

Verse 21

And, behold, I will send a lad, {saying}, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows {are} on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for {there is} peace to thee, and no hurt; {as} the LORD liveth. {no hurt: Heb. not any thing}

Verse 23

And {as touching} the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD {be} between thee and me for ever.

1 Samuel 20 — Context

And I will shoot three arrows on the side {thereof}, as though I shot at a mark.

But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows {are} beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

And {as touching} the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD {be} between thee and me for ever.

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

Cross References

1 Samuel 20:37

And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, {Is} not the arrow beyond thee?

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