1 Samuel 20:15–23

¹⁵never stop being kind to my family. The Lord will wipe each of David’s enemies off the face of the earth. ¹⁶At that time, if Jonathan’s name^ais cut off from David’s family, then may the Lord punish David’s house.”^b

¹⁷Once again Jonathan swore an oath to David because of his love for David. He loved David as much as ⸤he loved⸥ himself. ¹⁸“Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival,” Jonathan told him, “and you will be missed when your seat is empty. ¹⁹The day after tomorrow you will be missed even more.So go to the place where you hid on that other occasion, and stay by the rock. ²⁰I will shoot three arrows from beside it toward a target. ²¹Then I will send out a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ Now, if I tell the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are next to you; get them,’ then come ⸤back with me⸥. You will be safe, and there will be no trouble. I swear it, as the Lord lives. ²²But if I tell the boy, ‘The arrows are next to you,’ then go, because the Lord has sent you away. ²³We have made a promise to each other, and the Lord is ⸤a witness⸥ between you and me forever.”