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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV And when you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid on the day of the deed; and remain by the stone Ezel.
- NASB When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain beside the stone Ezel.
- NLT The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the stone pile.
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Quick answer
Jonathan instructs David to return after three days and wait by the stone Ezel where he hid before.
Overview
Jonathan sets the meeting place and time for relaying the verdict of the test. The detailed instructions ensure David can receive the signal safely and unseen. The plan's careful design reflects the real danger and the friends' determination to act wisely under threat.
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Cross-references · 2
- 1 Sam 19:2But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
- 1 Sam 20:5And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
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