World English Bible
1 Samuel 20:22
“But if I say this to the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you;' then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 20
20
I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
21
Behold, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows!' If I tell the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
22
But if I say this to the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you;' then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
23
Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.
24
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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