1 Samuel 20:5-24

5And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto JonathanH3083, Behold, to-morrow is the newH2320 moonH2320, and I should not fail to sitH3427 with the kingH4428 at meat: but let me goH7971, that I may hideH5641 myself in the fieldH7704 unto the thirdH7992 day at even. 6If thy fatherH1 missH6485 me at all, then sayH559, DavidH1732 earnestly askedH7592 leave of me that he might runH7323 to Beth-lehem his cityH5892; for it is the yearly sacrificeH2077 there for all the familyH4940. 7If he sayH559 thusH3541, It is well; thy servantH5650 shall have peaceH7965: but if he be wroth, then knowH3045 that evilH7451 is determined by him. 8Therefore deal kindly with thy servantH5650; for thou hast broughtH935 thy servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquityH5771, slay me thyself; for whyH4100 shouldest thou bringH935 me to thy fatherH1? 9And JonathanH3083 saidH559, FarH2486 be it from thee; for if I should at all knowH3045 that evilH7451 were determined by my fatherH1 to comeH935 upon thee, then would not I tellH5046 it thee? 10Then saidH559 DavidH1732 to JonathanH3083, Who shall tellH5046 me if perchance thy fatherH1 answerH6030 thee roughly? 11And JonathanH3083 saidH559 unto DavidH1732, ComeH3318, and let us goH3318 out into the fieldH7704. And they wentH3318 out both of them into the fieldH7704.

12And JonathanH3083 saidH559 unto DavidH1732, Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, be witness: when I have sounded my fatherH1 about this timeH6256 to-morrow, or the thirdH7992 day, behold, if there be goodH2896 toward DavidH1732, shall I not thenH227 sendH7971 unto thee, and disclose it unto thee? 13Jehovah do so to JonathanH3083, and more also, should it please my fatherH1 to do thee evilH7451, if I disclose it not unto thee, and sendH7971 thee awayH7971, that thou mayest goH1980 in peaceH7965: and Jehovah beH1961 with thee, as he hath beenH1961 with my fatherH1. 14And thou shalt not only while yetH5750 I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I dieH4191 not; 15but also thou shalt not cutH3772 off thy kindness from my houseH1004 for everH5769; no, not when Jehovah hath cutH3772 off the enemiesH341 of DavidH1732 every oneH376 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127. 16So JonathanH3083 madeH3772 a covenant with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, saying, And Jehovah will requireH1245 it at the handH3027 of David’s enemiesH341.

17And JonathanH3083 caused DavidH1732 to swearH7650 again, for the loveH157 that he had to him; for he lovedH157 him as he lovedH157 his ownH5315 soulH5315. 18Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 unto him, To-morrow is the newH2320 moonH2320: and thou wilt be missedH6485, because thy seatH4186 will be empty. 19And when thou hast stayed threeH8027 daysH3117, thou shalt goH935 down quickly, and comeH935 to the placeH4725 whereH834 thou didst hideH5641 thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remainH3427 by the stoneH68 Ezel. 20And I will shootH3384 threeH7969 arrowsH2678 on the sideH6654 thereof, as though I shotH3384 at a mark. 21And, behold, I will sendH7971 the ladH5288, sayingH559, GoH935, findH4672 the arrowsH2678. If I sayH559 unto the ladH5288, Behold, the arrowsH2678 are on this side of thee; takeH3947 them, and comeH935; for there is peaceH7965 to thee and no hurt, as Jehovah liveth. 22But if I sayH559 thusH3541 unto the boy, Behold, the arrowsH2678 are beyond thee; goH7971 thy way; for Jehovah hath sentH7971 thee awayH7971. 23And as touching the matterH1697 which thou and I have spokenH1696 of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for everH5769.

24So DavidH1732 hidH5641 himself in the fieldH7704: and when the newH2320 moonH2320 wasH1961 come, the kingH4428 satH3427 him downH3427 to eatH398 foodH3899.