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And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?
33
And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
34
So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.
35
Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.
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And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.
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And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?
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And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
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But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.
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And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.
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And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
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And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.