Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 20:19
1 Samuel 20:19 is verse 19 of 1 Samuel chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
Ezel means departure.
King James Version
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
World English Bible
When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
Read in context
1 Samuel 20:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
19 When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
21 Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 20:5So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
1 Samuel 19:2so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.