35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him, 36 and he said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 37 When the boy came to the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called out after him, “Isn’t the arrow beyondv you?” 38 Then he shouted, “Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master. 39 (The boy knew nothing about all this; only Jonathan and David knew.) 40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, “Go, carry them back to town.”

41 After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground.w Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.

42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace,x for we have sworn friendshipy with each other in the name of the Lord,z saying, ‘The Lord is witnessa between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.b’ ” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.b