⁹ “Never!” Jonathan exclaimed. “You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to kill you, I would tell you at once.”

⁴² At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the Lord’s name. The Lord is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever.” Then David left, and Jonathan returned to the town.^[a]

³⁸ Hurry, hurry, don’t wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.

² told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.