1 Samuel 20:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ If your father actually notices that I’m not there,^[a] then you are to say, ‘David urgently requested that I allow him to run to his hometown of Bethlehem because the yearly sacrifice for the entire family was taking place there.’ ⁷ If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant will be safe.^[b] But if he actually gets angry, you will know that his intentions are evil.^{[c] 8} Now, show gracious kindness to your servant because you have entered into a sacred covenant^[d] with your servant. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself—why should you bring me to your father?”