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But if I tell the boy, 'The arrows are out there, beyond you,' then get going, because ADONAI is sending you away.
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As for the matter we discussed earlier, ADONAI is between you and me forever."
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So David hid himself in the countryside. When Rosh-Hodesh came, the king sat down to eat his meal.
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The king sat at his usual place by the wall. Y'honatan stood up, and Avner sat next to Sha'ul, but David's place was empty.
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However, Sha'ul didn't say anything that day; because he thought, "Something has happened to him, he is unclean. Yes, that's it, he isn't clean."
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The day after Rosh-Hodesh, the second day, David's place was empty; and Sha'ul said to Y'honatan his son, "Why hasn't Yishai's son come to the meal either yesterday or today?"
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Y'honatan answered Sha'ul, "David begged me to let him go to Beit-Lechem.
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He said, 'Please let me go, because our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother demanded that I come. So now, if you look on me favorably, please let me get away and see my brothers.' That's why he hasn't come to the king's table."
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At that Sha'ul flew into a rage at Y'honatan and said, "You crooked rebel! Don't I know that you've made this son of Yishai your best friend? You don't care that you're shaming yourself and dishonoring your mother, do you?
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Because as long as the son of Yishai lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be secure. Now send and bring him here to me - he deserves to die."
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Y'honatan answered Sha'ul his father, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"