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And Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that evil should come upon you, would I not tell you?"
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Then said David to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?"
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And Jonathan said to David, "Come, let us go out into the field." So they both went out into the field.
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And Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?
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But should it please my father to do you harm, the LORD do so to Jonathan, and more also, if I do not disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father.
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If I am still alive, show me the loyal love of the LORD, that I may not die;
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and do not cut off your loyalty from my house for ever. When the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth,
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let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David. And may the LORD take vengeance on David's enemies."
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And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for 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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And on the third day you will be greatly missed; then go to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside yonder stone heap.