1 Samuel 20:1-8

1Then DavidH1732 fledH1272 from NaiothH5121 in RamahH7414, and cameH935 and 1saidH559 2to JonathanH3083, “WhatH4100 have I doneH6213? WhatH4100 is my iniquityH5771? And whatH4100 is my sinH2403 beforeH6440 your fatherH1, that he is seekingH1245 my lifeH5315?”

2He saidH559 to him, “FarH2486 from it, you shall not dieH4191. BeholdH2009, my fatherH1 doesH6213 nothingH3808H1697 either greatH1419 orH176 smallH6996 3withoutH3808 disclosingH1540 it to me. So whyH4069 should my fatherH1 hideH5641 thisH2088 thingH1697 from me? It is not soH2088!”

3Yet DavidH1732 4vowedH7650 againH5750, 5sayingH559, “Your fatherH1 knowsH3045 wellH3045 that I have foundH4672 favorH2580 in your sightH5869, and he has saidH559, ‘Do not let JonathanH3083 knowH3045 thisH2088, orH6435 he will be grievedH6087.’ But trulyH199 6as the LordH3068 livesH2416 and as your soulH5315 livesH2416, there is 7hardly a stepH6587 betweenH996 me and deathH4194.”

4Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “WhateverH4100 8you sayH559, I will doH6213 for you.”

5So DavidH1732 saidH559 to JonathanH3083, “BeholdH2009, tomorrowH4279 is 9the newH2320 moonH2320, and I ought 10to sitH3427 downH3427 to eatH398 with the kingH4428. But letH7971 me goH7971, 11that I may hideH5641 myself in the fieldH7704 untilH5704 the thirdH7992 eveningH6153.

6IfH518 your fatherH1 missesH6485 me at allH6485, then sayH559, ‘DavidH1732 earnestlyH7592 askedH7592 leave of me to runH7323 to 12BethlehemH1035 his cityH5892, becauseH3588 it is 13the yearlyH3117 sacrificeH2077 thereH8033 for the wholeH3605 familyH4940.’

7IfH518 he 14saysH559, ‘It is goodH2896,’ your servantH5650 will be safeH7965; but ifH518 he is veryH2734 angryH2734, 15knowH3045 that he has decidedH3615 on evilH7463.

8Therefore dealH6213 kindlyH2617 with your servantH5650, for 16you have broughtH935 your servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 with you. But 17ifH518 thereH3426 is iniquityH5771 in me, putH4191 me to deathH4191 yourselfH859; for whyH4100 thenH2088 should you bringH935 me to your fatherH1?”