And David{H1732} fled{H1272} from Naioth{H5121} in Ramah,{H7414} and came{H935} and said{H559} before{H6440} Jonathan,{H3083} What have I done?{H6213} what is mine iniquity?{H5771} and what is my sin{H2403} before{H6440} thy father,{H1} that he seeketh{H1245} my life?{H5315}

And he said{H559} unto him, Far from it;{H2486} thou shalt not die:{H4191} behold, my father{H1} doeth{H6213} nothing{H1697} either great{H1419} or small,{H6996} but that he discloseth{H1540} it unto me; and why should my father{H1} hide{H5641} this thing{H1697} from me? it is not so.

And David{H1732} sware{H7650} moreover, and said,{H559} Thy father{H1} knoweth{H3045} well{H3045} that I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thine eyes;{H5869} and he saith,{H559} Let not Jonathan{H3083} know{H3045} this, lest he be grieved:{H6087} but truly{H199} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} there is but a step{H6587} between me and death.{H4194}

Then said{H559} Jonathan{H3083} unto David,{H1732} Whatsoever thy soul{H5315} desireth,{H559} I will even do{H6213} it for thee.

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Jonathan,{H3083} Behold, to-morrow{H4279} is the new moon,{H2320} and I should not fail{H3427} to sit{H3427} with the king{H4428} at meat:{H398} but let me go,{H7971} that I may hide{H5641} myself in the field{H7704} unto the third{H7992} day at even.{H6153}

If thy father{H1} miss{H6485} me at all,{H6485} then say,{H559} David{H1732} earnestly{H7592} asked{H7592} leave of me that he might run{H7323} to Beth-lehem{H1035} his city;{H5892} for it is the yearly{H3117} sacrifice{H2077} there for all the family.{H4940}

If he say{H559} thus, It is well;{H2896} thy servant{H5650} shall have peace:{H7965} but if he be{H2734} wroth,{H2734} then know{H3045} that evil{H7451} is determined{H3615} by him.

Therefore deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} with thy servant;{H5650} for thou hast brought{H935} thy servant{H5650} into a covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} with thee: but if there be{H3426} in me iniquity,{H5771} slay{H4191} me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring{H935} me to thy father?{H1}

And Jonathan{H3083} said,{H559} Far be it from thee;{H2486} for if I should at all{H3045} know{H3045} that evil{H7451} were determined{H3615} by my father{H1} to come{H935} upon thee, then would not I tell{H5046} it thee?

Then said{H559} David{H1732} to Jonathan,{H3083} Who shall tell{H5046} me if perchance thy father{H1} answer{H6030} thee roughly?{H7186}

And Jonathan{H3083} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Come,{H3212} and let us go out{H3318} into the field.{H7704} And they went out{H3318} both{H8147} of them into the field.{H7704}

And Jonathan{H3083} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} [be witness]: when I have sounded{H2713} my father{H1} about this time{H6256} to-morrow,{H4279} [or] the third{H7992} day,{H6256} behold, if there be good{H2895} toward David,{H1732} shall I not then send{H7971} unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

Jehovah{H3068} do{H6213} so{H3541} to Jonathan,{H3083} and more{H3254} also, should it please{H3190} my father{H1} to do thee evil,{H7451} if I disclose{H1540} it not unto thee, and send thee away,{H7971} that thou mayest go{H1980} in peace:{H7965} and Jehovah{H3068} be with thee, as he hath been with my father.{H1}

And thou shalt not only while yet{H518} I live{H2416} show{H6213} me the lovingkindness{H2617} of Jehovah,{H3068} that I die{H4191} not;

but also thou shalt not cut off{H3772} thy kindness{H2617} from my house{H1004} for{H5704} ever;{H5769} no, not when Jehovah{H3068} hath cut off{H3772} the enemies{H341} of David{H1732} every one{H376} from the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}

So Jonathan{H3083} made{H3772} a covenant with the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} [saying], And Jehovah{H3068} will require{H1245} it at the hand{H3027} of David's{H1732} enemies.{H341}

And Jonathan{H3083} caused David{H1732} to swear{H7650} again,{H3254} for the love{H160} that he had to him; for he loved{H160} him as he loved{H160} his own soul.{H5315}

Then Jonathan{H3083} said{H559} unto him,{H1732} To-morrow{H4279} is the new moon:{H2320} and thou wilt be missed,{H6485} because thy seat{H4186} will be empty.{H6485}

And when thou hast stayed three days,{H8027} thou shalt go down{H3381} quickly,{H3966} and come{H935} to the place{H4725} where thou didst hide{H5641} thyself when{H3117} the business{H4639} was in hand, and shalt remain{H3427} by{H681} the stone{H68} Ezel.{H237}

And I will shoot{H3384} three{H7969} arrows{H2671} on the side{H6654} thereof, as though I shot{H7971} at a mark.{H4307}

And, behold, I will send{H7971} the lad,{H5288} [saying],{H559} Go,{H3212} find{H4672} the arrows.{H2671} If I say{H559} unto the lad,{H5288} Behold, the arrows{H2671} are on this side of thee; take{H3947} them, and come;{H935} for there is peace{H7965} to thee and [ no hurt,]{H1697} [as Jehovah]{H3068} [liveth.]{H2416}

[But if I say]{H559} [thus unto the boy,]{H5958} [Behold, the arrows]{H2671} [are beyond]{H1973} [thee; go thy way;]{H3212} [for Jehovah]{H3068} [hath sent thee away.]{H7971}

[And as touching the matter]{H1697} [which thou and I have spoken]{H1696} [of, behold, Jehovah]{H3068} [is between thee and me for]{H5704} [ever.]{H5769}

[So David]{H1732} [hid]{H5641} [himself in the field:]{H7704} [and when the new moon]{H2320} [was come, the king]{H4428} [sat him down]{H3427} [to eat]{H398} [food.]{H3899}

[And the king]{H4428} [sat]{H3427} [upon his seat,]{H4186} [as at other times,]{H6471} [even upon the seat]{H4186} [by the wall;]{H7023} [and Jonathan]{H3083} [stood up,]{H6965} [and Abner]{H74} [sat]{H3427} [by Saul's]{H7586} [side:]{H6654} [but David's]{H1732} [place]{H4725} [was empty.]{H6485}

[Nevertheless Saul]{H7586} [spake]{H1696} [not anything]{H3972} [that day:]{H3117} [for he thought,]{H559} [Something hath befallen]{H4745} [him, he is not]{H1115} [clean;]{H2889} [surely he is not clean.]{H2889}

[And it came to pass on the morrow]{H4283} [after the new moon,]{H2320} [which was] the second{H8145} [day], that David's{H1732} place{H4725} was empty:{H6485} and Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto Jonathan{H3083} his son,{H1121} Wherefore cometh{H935} not the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448} to meat,{H3899} neither yesterday,{H8543} nor to-day?{H3117}

And Jonathan{H3083} answered{H6030} Saul,{H7586} David{H1732} earnestly{H7592} asked{H7592} leave of me{H5978} to go to Beth-lehem:{H1035}

and he said,{H559} Let me go,{H7971} I pray thee; for our family{H4940} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the city;{H5892} and my brother,{H251} he hath commanded{H6680} me [to be there]: and now, if I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thine eyes,{H5869} let me get away,{H4422} I pray thee, and see{H7200} my brethren.{H251} Therefore he is not come{H935} unto the king's{H4428} table.{H7979}

Then Saul's{H7586} anger{H639} was kindled{H2734} against Jonathan,{H3083} and he said{H559} unto him, Thou son{H1121} of a perverse{H5753} rebellious{H4780} woman, do not I know{H3045} that thou hast chosen{H977} the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448} to thine own shame,{H1322} and unto the shame{H1322} of thy mother's{H517} nakedness?{H6172}

For as long as{H3117} the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448} liveth{H2425} upon the ground,{H127} thou shalt not be established,{H3559} nor thy kingdom.{H4438} Wherefore now send{H7971} and fetch{H3947} him unto me, for he shall surely die.{H1121}

And Jonathan{H3083} answered{H6030} Saul{H7586} his father,{H1} and said{H559} unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death?{H4191} what hath he done?{H6213}

And Saul{H7586} cast{H2904} his spear{H2595} at him to smite{H5221} him; whereby Jonathan{H3083} knew{H3045} that it was determined{H3617} of his father{H1} to put David{H1732} to death.{H4191}

So Jonathan{H3083} arose{H6965} from the table{H7979} in fierce{H2750} anger,{H639} and did eat{H398} no food{H3899} the second{H8145} day{H3117} of the month;{H2320} for he was grieved{H6087} for David,{H1732} because his father{H1} had done him shame.{H3637}

And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} that Jonathan{H3083} went out{H3318} into the field{H7704} at the time appointed{H4150} with David,{H1732} and a little{H6996} lad{H5288} with him.

And he said{H559} unto his lad,{H5288} Run,{H7323} find{H4672} now the arrows{H2671} which I shoot.{H3384} And as the lad{H5288} ran,{H7323} he shot{H3384} an arrow{H2678} beyond{H5674} him.

And when the lad{H5288} was come{H935} to the place{H4725} of the arrow{H2678} which Jonathan{H3083} had shot,{H3384} Jonathan{H3083} cried{H7121} after{H310} the lad,{H5288} and said,{H559} Is not the arrow{H2678} beyond{H1973} thee?

And Jonathan{H3083} cried{H7121} after{H310} the lad,{H5288} Make speed,{H4120} haste,{H2363} stay{H5975} not. And Jonathan's{H3083} lad{H5288} gathered up{H3950} the arrows,{H2671} and came{H935} to his master.{H113}

But the lad{H5288} knew{H3045} not anything:{H3972} only Jonathan{H3083} and David{H1732} knew{H3045} the matter.{H1697}

And Jonathan{H3083} gave{H5414} his weapons{H3627} unto his lad,{H5288} and said{H559} unto him, Go,{H3212} carry{H935} them to the city.{H5892}

And as soon as the lad{H5288} was gone,{H935} David{H1732} arose{H6965} out of [a place] toward{H681} the South,{H5045} and fell{H5307} on his face{H639} to the ground,{H776} and bowed{H7812} himself three{H7969} times:{H6471} and they kissed{H5401} one{H376} another,{H7453} and wept{H1058} one{H376} with another,{H7453} until David{H1732} exceeded.{H1431}

And Jonathan{H3083} said{H559} to David,{H1732} Go{H3212} in peace,{H7965} forasmuch as we have sworn{H7650} both{H8147} of us in the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} shall be between me and thee, and between my seed{H2233} and thy seed,{H2233} for{H5704} ever.{H5769} And he arose{H6965} and departed:{H3212} and Jonathan{H3083} went{H935} into the city.{H5892}