[1] And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and
said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father
that he is attempting to take my life? [2] And he said to him, Far be the
thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great
or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me?
It is not so. [3] But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees
that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of
this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your
soul is living, there is only a step between me and death. [4] Then
Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you. [5]
And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be
seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the
country till the evening. [6] And if your father takes note of the fact
that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might
go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make
their offering year by year. [7] If he says, It is well, your servant will
be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has
an evil purpose in mind against me. [8] So, then, be kind to your servant;
for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the
Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why
take me to your father? [9] And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought:
for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not
give you word of it? [10] Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me
word if your father gives you a rough answer? [11] And Jonathan said to
David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out
together into the open country. [12] And Jonathan said to David, May the
Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to
my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good,
will I not send and give you the news? [13] May the Lord's punishment be on
Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give
you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the
Lord be with you, as he has been with my father. [14] And may you, while I
am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me
from death! [15] And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family,
even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them
off from the face of the earth. [16] And if it comes about that the name of
Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David
responsible. [17] And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his
love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul. [18] Then
Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that
you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat. [19] And on the
third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where
you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill
over there. [20] And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow
against its side as if at a mark. [21] And I will send my boy to have a
look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of
you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil,
by the living Lord. [22] But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone
past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away. [23] As for
what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.
[24] So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon
came, the king took his place at the feast. [25] And the king took his
seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner
was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat. [26] But
Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place
making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean. [27] And on the day
after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in
David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse
not come to the feast yesterday or today? [28] And answering Saul, Jonathan
said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem, [29] Saying,
Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me
orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away
and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table. [30]
Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son
of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your
love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother? [31]
For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe
and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is
certainly right for him to be put to death. [32] And Jonathan, answering
his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he
done? [33] And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him
a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was
to put David to death. [34] So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with
wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being
full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him. [35] Now
in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said
to David, and he had a little boy with him. [36] And he said to the boy, Go
and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running,
he sent an arrow past him. [37] And when the boy came to the place where
the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone
past you? [38] And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do
not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and
came back to his master. [39] But the boy had no idea what was going on;
only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it. [40] And Jonathan gave his bow
and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.
[41] And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the
hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they
gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the
greater. [42] And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have
taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me
and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever.\ [43] \20:42\Then
David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

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