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1 Samuel 20:38

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And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

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  1. 1 Samuel 20:36

    And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

  2. 1 Samuel 20:37

    And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

  3. 1 Samuel 20:39

    But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

  4. 1 Samuel 20:40

    And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

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