1 Samuel 20:15–23

¹⁵never cut off your faithful love from my house, even if the Lord were to cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”^{* 16}Thus Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord seek out the enemies of David.” ¹⁷Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own life.^*

¹⁸Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon; you will be missed because your place will be empty.^{* 19}On the day after tomorrow, you shall go a long way down; go to the place where you hid yourself earlier, and remain beside the stone there.^{l* 20}I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. ²¹Then 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; collect them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger. ²²But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away.^{* 23}As for the matter about which you and I have spoken, the Lord be between you and me forever.”^*