39 But the boy knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40 Then Jonathan gave his [a]bow and arrows unto the boy that was with him, and said unto him, Go, carry them into the city.

41 ¶ As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place that was toward the [b]South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twain, till David exceeded.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:40 Hebrew, instruments.
  2. 1 Samuel 20:41 It seemeth that he had shot on the North side of the stone, lest the boy should have espied David.

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