1 Samuel 20:5-24

5So DavidH1732 saidH559 to JonathanH3083, “BeholdH2009, tomorrowH4279 is 1the newH2320 moonH2320, and I ought 2to sitH3427 downH3427 to eatH398 with the kingH4428. But letH7971 me goH7971, 3that 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 4BethlehemH1035 his cityH5892, becauseH3588 it is 5the yearlyH3117 sacrificeH2077 thereH8033 for the wholeH3605 familyH4940.’ 7IfH518 he 6saysH559, ‘It is goodH2896,’ your servantH5650 will be safeH7965; but ifH518 he is veryH2734 angryH2734, 7knowH3045 that he has decidedH3615 on evilH7463. 8Therefore dealH6213 kindlyH2617 with your servantH5650, for 8you have broughtH935 your servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 with you. But 9ifH518 thereH3426 is iniquityH5771 in me, putH4191 me to deathH4191 yourselfH859; for whyH4100 thenH2088 should you bringH935 me to your fatherH1?” 9JonathanH3083 saidH559, “FarH2486 be it from you! For ifH518 I should indeedH3045 learnH3045 that evilH7463 has been decidedH3615 by my fatherH1 to comeH935 upon you, then would I not tellH5046 you about it?” 10Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to JonathanH3083, “WhoH4310 will tellH5046 me 10ifH176H4100 your fatherH1 answersH6030 you harshlyH7186?” 11JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “ComeH1980, and let us goH3318 out into the fieldH7704.” So bothH8147 of them wentH3318 out to the fieldH7704.

12Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “The LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, be witness! WhenH3588 I have soundedH2713 out my fatherH1 about this timeH6256 tomorrowH4279, or the thirdH7992 day, beholdH2009, if there is goodH2895 feeling towardH413 DavidH1732, shall I not thenH227 sendH7971 to you and 11makeH1540 it knownH1540H241 to you? 13IfH3588 it pleaseH3190 my fatherH1 to do you harmH7463, 12may the LordH3068 doH6213 soH3541 to JonathanH3083 and moreH3254 alsoH3254, if I do not 13makeH1540 it knownH1540H241 to you and sendH7971 you awayH7971, that you may goH1980 in safetyH7965. And 14may the LordH3068 be with you as He has beenH1961 with my fatherH1. 14IfH518 I am stillH5750 aliveH2416, will you not showH6213 me the lovingkindnessH2617 of the LordH3068, that I may not dieH4191? 1515You shall not cutH3772 offH3772 your lovingkindnessH2617 from my houseH1004 foreverH5704H5769, not even when the LordH3068 cutsH3772 offH3772 everyH376 oneH376 of the enemiesH340 of DavidH1732 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127.” 16So JonathanH3083 madeH3772 a covenant with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, saying, “16May the LordH3068 requireH1245 it at the handsH3027 of David’sH1732 enemiesH340.” 17JonathanH3083 made DavidH1732 vowH7650 againH3254 because of his loveH160 for him, becauseH3588 17he lovedH157 him as he lovedH157 his own lifeH5315.

18Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 to him, “18TomorrowH4279 is the newH2320 moonH2320, and you will be missedH6485 becauseH3588 your seatH4186 will be emptyH6485. 19When you have stayedH8027 for threeH8027 daysH8027, you shall goH3381 downH3381 quicklyH3966 and comeH935 to the placeH4725 whereH834H8033 you hidH5641 yourself on that eventfulH4639 dayH3117, and you shall remainH3427 by the stoneH68 EzelH237. 20I will shootH3384 threeH7969 arrowsH2671 to the sideH6654, as though I shotH7971 at a targetH4307. 21And beholdH2009, I will sendH7971 the ladH5288, saying, ‘GoH1980, findH4672 the arrowsH2671.’ IfH518 I specificallyH559 sayH559 to the ladH5288, ‘BeholdH2009, the arrowsH2671 are on thisH2008 sideH2008 of you, getH3947 them,’ then comeH935; for there is safetyH7965 for you and 19noH369 harmH1697, as the LordH3068 livesH2416. 22But ifH518 I 20sayH559 to the youthH5958, ‘21BeholdH2009, the arrowsH2671 are beyondH4480H1973 you,’ goH1980, for the LordH3068 has sentH7971 you awayH7971. 2322As for the 23agreementH1697 of whichH834 you and I have spokenH1696, beholdH2009, 24the LordH3068 is betweenH996 you and me foreverH5704H5769.”

24So DavidH1732 hidH5641 in the fieldH7704; and when the newH2320 moonH2320 cameH1961, the kingH4428 satH3427 downH3427 to eatH398 foodH3899.