World English Bible
1 Samuel 20:20
“I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 20
18
Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
19
When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
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.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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