1 Samuel 20:4
“Here some make the charge that the apostle has divided the human being into two parts, and that he states that a human's combined essence conflicts with itself, and that the body has a contest with the soul. But this is clearly not so, for by "the flesh" he does not mean the body; if he did, what would be the sense of…”
Source: Septuagint
4And Jonathan said to David, What does thy soul desire, and what shall I do for thee?
Preparing…
Preparing…
Preparing…
2And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do anything great or small without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? this thing is not so.
3And David answered Jonathan, and said, Thy father knows surely that I have found grace in thy sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but as the Lord lives and thy soul lives, as I said, the space is filled up between me and death.
— 1 Samuel 20:4 —
5And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I shall not on any account sit down to eat, but thou shalt let me go, and I will hide in the plain till the evening.
6And if thy father do in anywise inquire for me, then shalt thou say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is there a yearly sacrifice for all the family.