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1 Samuel 20:39

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But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

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1 Samuel 20:39 in other translations

But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

1 Samuel 20:39 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 20:39 in context

  1. 37When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
  2. 38Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
  3. 39But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
  4. 40Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
  5. 41As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.