1 Samuel 20:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ But David also swore, ‘Your father knows well that you like me; and he thinks, “Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.” But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.’ ⁴ Then Jonathan said to David, ‘Whatever you say, I will do for you.’ ⁵ David said to Jonathan, ‘Tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at the meal; but let me go, so that I may hide in the field until the third evening.