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Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what [if] thy father shall answer thee roughly?
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And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
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And Jonathan said to 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 towards David, and I then send not to thee, and show it thee;
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The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it shall please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will show it to thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
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And thou shalt, not only while yet I live, show me the kindness of the LORD, that I may not die:
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But [also] thou shalt not withdraw 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.
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So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying], Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies.
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And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Then Jonathan said to David, To-morrow [is] the new-moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
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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.
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And I will shoot three arrows on the side [of it], as though I shot at a mark.