20:1 Then
David
fled
from
Naioth
in
Ramah
and
came
and
said
before
Jonathan,
"What
have
I
done
What
is
my
guilt
And
what
is
my
sin
before
your
father,
that
he
seeks
my
life"
20:2 And
he
said
to
him,
"Far
from
it!
You
shall
not
die.
Behold,
my
father
does
nothing
either
great
or
small
without
disclosing
it
to
me.
And
why
should
my
father
hide
this
from
me
It
is
not
so."
20:3 But
David
vowed
again,
saying,
"Your
father
knows
well
that
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
and
he
thinks,
'Do
not
let
Jonathan
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved.'
But
truly,
as
the
LORD
lives
and
as
your
soul
lives,
there
is
but
a
step
between
me
and
death."
20:4 Then
Jonathan
said
to
David,
"Whatever
you
say,
I
will
do
for
you."
20:5 David
said
to
Jonathan,
"Behold,
tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
should
not
fail
to
sit
at
table
with
the
king.
But
let
me
go,
that
I
may
hide
myself
in
the
field
till
the
third
day
at
evening.
20:6 If
your
father
misses
me
at
all,
then
say,
'David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
to
run
to
Bethlehem
his
city,
for
there
is
a
yearly
sacrifice
there
for
all
the
clan.'
20:7 If
he
says,
'Good!'
it
will
be
well
with
your
servant,
but
if
he
is
angry,
then
know
that
harm
is
determined
by
him.
20:8 Therefore
deal
kindly
with
your
servant,
for
you
have
brought
your
servant
into
a
covenant
of
the
LORD
with
you.
But
if
there
is
guilt
in
me,
kill
me
yourself,
for
why
should
you
bring
me
to
your
father"
20:9 And
Jonathan
said,
"Far
be
it
from
you!
If
I
knew
that
it
was
determined
by
my
father
that
harm
should
come
to
you,
would
I
not
tell
you"
20:10 Then
David
said
to
Jonathan,
"Who
will
tell
me
if
your
father
answers
you
roughly"
20:11 And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
"Come,
let
us
go
out
into
the
field."
So
they
both
went
out
into
the
field.
20:12 And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
"The
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
be
witness!
When
I
have
sounded
out
my
father,
about
this
time
tomorrow,
or
the
third
day,
behold,
if
he
is
well
disposed
toward
David,
shall
I
not
then
send
and
disclose
it
to
you
20:13 But
should
it
please
my
father
to
do
you
harm,
the
LORD
do
so
to
Jonathan
and
more
also
if
I
do
not
disclose
it
to
you
and
send
you
away,
that
you
may
go
in
safety.
May
the
LORD
be
with
you,
as
he
has
been
with
my
father.
20:14 If
I
am
still
alive,
show
me
the
steadfast
love
of
the
LORD,
that
I
may
not
die;
20:15 and
do
not
cut
off
your
steadfast
love
from
my
house
forever,
when
the
LORD
cuts
off
every
one
of
the
enemies
of
David
from
the
face
of
the
earth."
20:16 And
Jonathan
made
a
covenant
with
the
house
of
David,
saying,
"May
the
LORD
take
vengeance
on
David's
enemies."
20:17 And
Jonathan
made
David
swear
again
by
his
love
for
him,
for
he
loved
him
as
he
loved
his
own
soul.
20:18 Then
Jonathan
said
to
him,
"Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
you
will
be
missed,
because
your
seat
will
be
empty.
20:19 On
the
third
day
go
down
quickly
to
the
place
where
you
hid
yourself
when
the
matter
was
in
hand,
and
remain
beside
the
stone
heap.
20:20 And
I
will
shoot
three
arrows
to
the
side
of
it,
as
though
I
shot
at
a
mark.
20:21 And
behold,
I
will
send
the
young
man,
saying,
'Go,
find
the
arrows.'
If
I
say
to
the
young
man,
'Look,
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of
you,
take
them,'
then
you
are
to
come,
for,
as
the
LORD
lives,
it
is
safe
for
you
and
there
is
no
danger.
20:22 But
if
I
say
to
the
youth,
'Look,
the
arrows
are
beyond
you,'
then
go,
for
the
LORD
has
sent
you
away.
20:23 And
as
for
the
matter
of
which
you
and
I
have
spoken,
behold,
the
LORD
is
between
you
and
me
forever."
20:24 So
David
hid
himself
in
the
field.
And
when
the
new
moon
came,
the
king
sat
down
to
eat
food.
20:25 The
king
sat
on
his
seat,
as
at
other
times,
on
the
seat
by
the
wall.
Jonathan
sat
opposite,
and
Abner
sat
by
Saul's
side,
but
David's
place
was
empty.
20:26 Yet
Saul
did
not
say
anything
that
day,
for
he
thought,
"Something
has
happened
to
him.
He
is
not
clean;
surely
he
is
not
clean."
20:27 But
on
the
second
day,
the
day
after
the
new
moon,
David's
place
was
empty.
And
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
his
son,
"Why
has
not
the
son
of
Jesse
come
to
the
meal,
either
yesterday
or
today"
20:28 Jonathan
answered
Saul,
"David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
to
go
to
Bethlehem.
20:29 He
said,
'Let
me
go,
for
our
clan
holds
a
sacrifice
in
the
city,
and
my
brother
has
commanded
me
to
be
there.
So
now,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
let
me
get
away
and
see
my
brothers.'
For
this
reason
he
has
not
come
to
the
king's
table."
20:30 Then
Saul's
anger
was
kindled
against
Jonathan,
and
he
said
to
him,
"You
son
of
a
perverse,
rebellious
woman,
do
I
not
know
that
you
have
chosen
the
son
of
Jesse
to
your
own
shame,
and
to
the
shame
of
your
mother's
nakedness
20:31 For
as
long
as
the
son
of
Jesse
lives
on
the
earth,
neither
you
nor
your
kingdom
shall
be
established.
Therefore
send
and
bring
him
to
me,
for
he
shall
surely
die."
20:32 Then
Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
"Why
should
he
be
put
to
death
What
has
he
done"
20:33 But
Saul
hurled
his
spear
at
him
to
strike
him.
So
Jonathan
knew
that
his
father
was
determined
to
put
David
to
death.
20:34 And
Jonathan
rose
from
the
table
in
fierce
anger
and
ate
no
food
the
second
day
of
the
month,
for
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had
disgraced
him.
20:35 In
the
morning
Jonathan
went
out
into
the
field
to
the
appointment
with
David,
and
with
him
a
little
boy.
20:36 And
he
said
to
his
boy,
"Run
and
find
the
arrows
that
I
shoot."
As
the
boy
ran,
he
shot
an
arrow
beyond
him.
20:37 And
when
the
boy
came
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
that
Jonathan
had
shot,
Jonathan
called
after
the
boy
and
said,
"Is
not
the
arrow
beyond
you"
20:38 And
Jonathan
called
after
the
boy,
"Hurry!
Be
quick!
Do
not
stay!"
So
Jonathan's
boy
gathered
up
the
arrows
and
came
to
his
master.
20:39 But
the
boy
knew
nothing.
Only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
20:40 And
Jonathan
gave
his
weapons
to
his
boy
and
said
to
him,
"Go
and
carry
them
to
the
city."
20:41 And
as
soon
as
the
boy
had
gone,
David
rose
from
beside
the
stone
heap
and
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground
and
bowed
three
times.
And
they
kissed
one
another
and
wept
with
one
another,
David
weeping
the
most.
20:42 Then
Jonathan
said
to
David,
"Go
in
peace,
because
we
have
sworn
both
of
us
in
the
name
of
the
LORD,
saying,
'The
LORD
shall
be
between
me
and
you,
and
between
my
offspring
and
your
offspring,
forever.'"
And
he
rose
and
departed,
and
Jonathan
went
into
the
city.