1	And David fled# from Naioth in Ramah, and came# and said# before Jonathan, What have I done# ? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh# my life?
			2	And he said# unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die# : behold, my father will do# # # # nothing either great or small, but that he will shew# # it me: and why should my father hide# this thing from me? it is not so . [shew...: Heb. uncover mine ear]
			3	And David sware# moreover, and said# , Thy father certainly# knoweth# that I have found# grace in thine eyes; and he saith# , Let not Jonathan know# this, lest he be grieved# : but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
			4	Then said# Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth# , I will even do# it for thee. [Whatsoever...: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc] [desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh]
			5	And David said# unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail# to sit# with the king at meat# : but let me go# , that I may hide# myself in the field unto the third day at even.
			6	If thy father at all# miss# me, then say# , David earnestly# asked# leave of me that he might run# to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. [sacrifice: or, feast]
			7	If he say# thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very# wroth# , then be sure# that evil is determined# by him.
			8	Therefore thou shalt deal# kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought# thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay# me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring# me to thy father?
			9	And Jonathan said# , Far be it from thee: for if I knew# certainly# that evil were determined# by my father to come# upon thee, then would not I tell# it thee?
			10	Then said# David to Jonathan, Who shall tell# me? or what if thy father answer# thee roughly?
			11	And Jonathan said# unto David, Come# , and let us go out# into the field. And they went out# both of them into the field.
			12	And Jonathan said# unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded# my father about to morrow any time, or the third day , and, behold, if there be good# toward David, and I then send# not unto thee, and shew# # it thee; [sounded: Heb. searched] [shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear]
			13	The LORD do# so and much more# to Jonathan: but if it please# my father to do thee evil, then I will shew# # it thee, and send thee away# , that thou mayest go# in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father. [shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear]
			14	And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew# me the kindness of the LORD, that I die# not:
			15	But also thou shalt not cut off# thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off# the enemies# of David every one from the face of the earth.
			16	So Jonathan made# a covenant with the house of David, saying , Let the LORD even require# it at the hand of David's enemies# . [made: Heb. cut]
			17	And Jonathan caused David to swear# again# , because he loved him: for he loved# him as he loved his own soul. [because...: or, by his love toward him]
			18	Then Jonathan said# to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed# , because thy seat will be empty# . [empty: Heb. missed]
			19	And when thou hast stayed three days# , then thou shalt go down# quickly, and come# to the place where thou didst hide# thyself when the business was in hand , and shalt remain# by the stone Ezel. [quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly] [when the...: Heb. in the day of the business] [Ezel: or, that sheweth the way]
			20	And I will shoot# three arrows on the side thereof , as though I shot# at a mark.
			21	And, behold, I will send# a lad, saying , Go# , find out# the arrows. If I expressly# say# unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take# them; then come# thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth. [no hurt: Heb. not any thing]
			22	But if I say# thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way# : for the LORD hath sent thee away# .
			23	And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken# of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
			24	So David hid# himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down# to eat# meat.
			25	And the king sat# upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose# , and Abner sat# by Saul's side, and David's place was empty# .
			26	Nevertheless Saul spake# not any thing that day: for he thought# , Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
			27	And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty# : and Saul said# unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh# not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
			28	And Jonathan answered# Saul, David earnestly# asked# leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
			29	And he said# , Let me go# , I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded# me to be there : and now, if I have found# favour in thine eyes, let me get away# , I pray thee, and see# my brethren. Therefore he cometh# not unto the king's table.
			30	Then Saul's anger was kindled# against Jonathan, and he said# unto him, Thou son of the perverse# rebellious woman , do not I know# that thou hast chosen# the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? [Thou...: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion]
			31	For as long as the son of Jesse liveth# upon the ground, thou shalt not be established# , nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send# and fetch# him unto me, for he shall surely die# . [shall...: Heb. is the son of death]
			32	And Jonathan answered# Saul his father, and said# unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain# ? what hath he done# ?
			33	And Saul cast# a javelin at him to smite# him: whereby Jonathan knew# that it was determined of his father to slay# David.
			34	So Jonathan arose# from the table in fierce anger, and did eat# no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved# for David, because his father had done him shame# .
			35	And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out# into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
			36	And he said# unto his lad, Run# , find out# now the arrows which I shoot# . And as the lad ran# , he shot# an arrow beyond# him. [beyond...: Heb. to pass over him]
			37	And when the lad was come# to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot# , Jonathan cried# after the lad, and said# , Is not the arrow beyond thee?
			38	And Jonathan cried# after the lad, Make speed, haste# , stay# not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up# the arrows# # , and came# to his master.
			39	But the lad knew# not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew# the matter.
			40	And Jonathan gave# his artillery unto his lad, and said# unto him, Go# , carry# them to the city. [artillery: Heb. instruments] [his lad: Heb. the lad that was his]
			41	And as soon as the lad was gone# , David arose# out of a place toward the south, and fell# on his face to the ground, and bowed# himself three times: and they kissed# one another, and wept# one with another, until David exceeded# .
			42	And Jonathan said# to David, Go# in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn# both of us in the name of the LORD, saying# , The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose# and departed# : and Jonathan went# into the city. [forasmuch...: or, the LORD be witness of that which etc]