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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.
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As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.
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So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.
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The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty.