¹⁵ and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family^(A)—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

¹⁶ So Jonathan^(B) made a covenant^(C) with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account.^(D)” ¹⁷ And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath^(E) out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

¹⁸ Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty.^{(F) 19} The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid^(G) when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel. ²⁰ I will shoot three arrows^(H) to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target. ²¹ Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them here,’ then come, because, as surely as the Lord lives, you are safe; there is no danger. ²² But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond^(I) you,’ then you must go, because the Lord has sent you away. ²³ And about the matter you and I discussed—remember, the Lord is witness^(J) between you and me forever.”