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Jonathan said to David, Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
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Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
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You shall not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I not die;
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but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.
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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
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Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
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When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
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I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
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Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
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But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.