1 Samuel 20:8–17

⁸and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy servant with thee;—and if there is in me iniquity, put thou me to death; and unto thy father, why is this—thou dost bring me in?’

⁹And Jonathan saith, ‘Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee, and I do not declare it to thee.’ ¹⁰And David saith unto Jonathan, ‘Who doth declare to me? or what if thy father doth answer thee sharply?’ ¹¹And Jonathan saith unto David, ‘Come, and we go out into the field;’ and they go out both of them into the field. ¹²And Jonathan saith unto David, ‘Jehovah, God of Israel—when I search my father, about this time to-morrow or the third day, and lo, good is towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear— ¹³thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father, then I have uncovered thine ear, and sent thee away, and thou hast gone in peace, and Jehovah is with thee, as he was with my father; ¹⁴and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not, ¹⁵but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah’s cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.’ ¹⁶And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought it from the hand of the enemies of David; ¹⁷and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.