1 Samuel 20:15–23

¹⁵“^aYou shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when Yahweh cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”

¹⁶So Jonathan cut a covenant with the house of David, saying, “^aMay Yahweh require it at the hands of David’s enemies.”

¹⁷And Jonathan made David swear again because of his love for him, because ^ahe loved him as he loved his own soul.

¹⁸Then Jonathan said to him, “^aTomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be missing.

¹⁹“When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place ¹where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel.

²⁰“And I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I sent them towards a target.

²¹“And behold, I will send the young man, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I specifically say to the young man, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,’ then come, for there is peace for you and ¹no harm, as Yahweh lives.

²²“But if I ¹say to the youth, ‘^aBehold, the arrows are beyond you,’ go, for Yahweh has sent you away.

²³“^aAs for the ¹agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, ^bYahweh is between you and me forever.”