1 Samuel 20:15–23

^15*show the same kind of loyalty to my family for ever. And when the Lord has completely destroyed all your enemies, ¹⁶may our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, the Lord will punish you.”ⁱ

¹⁷Once again Jonathan made David promise to love him, for Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself. ¹⁸Then Jonathan said to him, “Since tomorrow is the New Moon Festival, your absence will be noticed if you aren’t at the meal. ¹⁹The day after tomorrow your absence will be noticed^j even more; so go to the place where you hid the other time, and hide behind the pile of stones there.^{k 20}I will then shoot three arrows at it, as though it were a target. ²¹Then I will tell my servant to go and find them. And if I tell him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,’ that means that you are safe and can come out. I swear by the living Lord that you will be in no danger. ²²But if I tell him, ‘The arrows are on the other side of you,’ then leave, because the Lord is sending you away. ²³As for the promise we have made to each other, the Lord will make sure that we will keep it for ever.”