Analysis of 1 Samuel 20 — Arrows in the Field and Covenants in Tears: When Friendship Carries the Weight of Tomorrow

When a palace table becomes a courtroom, a friend listens with both heart and caution. A new‑moon feast exposes a king’s true hunger, arrows carry a message that words cannot safely speak, and a covenant stretches its arms into generations not yet born. In the end, two men say goodbye in the open field—where tears become testimony, and loyalty becomes a road into the wilderness.