1 Samuel 20:15–23

^15aand do not cut off² 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.” ¹⁶And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, ^b“May³ the Lord take vengeance on David’s enemies.” ¹⁷And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, ^cfor he loved him as he loved his own soul.

¹⁸Then Jonathan said to him, ^d“Tomorrow is the new moon, and ^eyou will be missed, because ^fyour seat will be empty. ¹⁹On 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.^{4 20}And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. ²¹And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, ^gas the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger. ²²But if I say to the youth, ^h‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away. ²³ⁱAnd as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, ^jthe Lord is between you and me forever.”