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And if I live, thou shalt show me the mercy of the LORD, but if I am dead,
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thou shalt not cut off thy mercy from my house for ever. When the LORD has cut off one by one the enemies of David from the face of the earth, remove
even Jonathan from thy house
if I fail thee and require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
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So Jonathan made
a covenant with the house of David.
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And Jonathan swore unto David again because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow
is the new moon, and thou shalt 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 on the day of the work and shalt remain by the stone Ezel;
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and I will shoot three arrows on the side
thereof as though I shot at a mark.
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And, behold, I will send a lad,
saying, Go, find 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 unto thee and no hurt,
as the LORD lives.
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But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows
are beyond thee, then go away, for the LORD has sent thee away.
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And
as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, let the LORD
be between thee and me for ever.
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So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon was come, the king sat down to eat bread.