1 Samuel 20:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem his own city: because there are solemn sacrifices there for all his tribe.

⁷ If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.

⁸ Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.