1 Samuel 20:32-42 ▼

32 Jonathan asked his father Saul, |Why should he be killed? What did he do?|

33 Then Saul threw the spear that was beside him to strike Jonathan down. So Jonathan realized that his father was determined to kill David.

34 So on the second day of the New Moon Jonathan angrily got up from the table without eating because he was upset about David, and because his father had humiliated him.

35 In the morning Jonathan, accompanied by a servant, went out to the field for the appointment with David.

36 Jonathan told his servant, |Run, find the arrows that I'm shooting.| As the servant ran, Jonathan shot the arrow beyond him.

37 The servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot it, and Jonathan called out to him, |The arrow is beyond you, isn't it?|

38 Jonathan called out to the servant, |Hurry, be quick, don't stand around.| Jonathan's servant picked up the arrow and brought it to his master.

39 The servant was not aware of anything. Only Jonathan and David understood what had happened.

40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him and told him, |Go, take these things to the city.|

41 The servant went. Then David came out from the south side of the rock, fell on his face, and bowed down three times. The men kissed each other, and both of them cried, but David even more.

42 Jonathan told David, |Go in peace since both of us swore in the name of the LORD: 'May the LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'| Then David got up and left, while Jonathan went to the city.