¹⁵Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David’s enemies.

¹⁶Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of David’s enemies.

¹⁷And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.

¹⁸And Jonathan said to him: To morrow is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed:

¹⁹For thy seat will be empty till after to morrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou must be hid, on the day when it is lawful to work, and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called Ezel.

²⁰And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.

²¹And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.

²²If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

²³And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever.

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