1 Samuel 20:1
20:1 And David {a} fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said
     before Jonathan, What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity?
     and what [is] my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my
     life?

     (a) For Saul was detained, and prophesied a day and a night
         by God's providence, that David might have time to
         escape.

1 Samuel 20:3
20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly
     knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he
     saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but
     truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth,
     [there is] but a {b} step between me and death.

     (b) I am in great danger of death.

1 Samuel 20:5
20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the
     {c} 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.

     (c) At what time there would be a solemn sacrifice,
         Numbers 28:11, to which they added peace offerings and
         feasts.

1 Samuel 20:6
20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly
     asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his
     city: for [there is] a {d} yearly sacrifice there for all
     the family.

     (d) Read 1 Samuel 1:21.

1 Samuel 20:9
20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew
     certainly that evil were {e} determined by my father to
     come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

     (e) That he were fully determined.

1 Samuel 20:10
20:10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who {f} shall tell me? or
      what [if] thy father answer thee roughly?

      (f) If your father favours me.

1 Samuel 20:13
20:13 The LORD {g} do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it
      please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it
      thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace:
      and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

      (g) The Lord punish me most grievously.

1 Samuel 20:14
20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the
      kindness of the LORD, {h} that I die not:

      (h) I know that if you were given the kingdom now, you
          would not destroy me, but show yourself friendly to my
          posterity.

1 Samuel 20:22
20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows
      [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the {i} LORD hath sent
      thee away.

      (i) The Lord is the author of your departure.

1 Samuel 20:26
20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he
      thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not {k}
      clean; surely he [is] not clean.

      (k) Yet he might have some business to let him.

1 Samuel 20:27
20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second
      [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul
      said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not {l} the
      son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

      (l) Thus he speaks contemptuously of David.

1 Samuel 20:29
20:29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a
      sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded
      me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine
      eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my {n}
      brethren.  Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

      (n) Meaning, all his kinsfolk.

1 Samuel 20:30
20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he
      said unto him, Thou {o} son of the perverse rebellious
      [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of
      Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of
      thy mother's nakedness?

      (o) You are always contrary to me as your mother is.

1 Samuel 20:32
20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,
      Wherefore shall he be {p} slain? what hath he done?

      (p) For it was too great tyranny to put one to death and
          not to give a reason why.

1 Samuel 20:35
20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out
      into the field {q} at the time appointed with David, and a
      little lad with him.

      (q) For this was the third day, as it was agreed on in
          1 Samuel 20:5.

1 Samuel 20:38
20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, {r} Make speed, haste,
      stay not.  And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and
      came to his master.

      (r) By these words be admonished David what he should do.

1 Samuel 20:41
20:41 [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a
      place] toward the {s} south, and fell on his face to the
      ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one
      another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

      (s) It seems that he shot on the north side of the stone,
          least the boy should have seen David.

1 Samuel 20:42
20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we
      have {t} sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying,
      The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and
      thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan
      went into the city.

      (t) Which oath he calls the covenant of the Lord in
          1 Samuel 20:8.