5. David answered: “Tomorrow is the new moon, when I should in fact dine with the king. Let me go and hide in the open country until evening.
6. If it turns out that your father misses me, say, ‘David urged me to let him go on short notice to his city Bethlehem, because his whole clan is holding its seasonal sacrifice there.’
7. If he says, ‘Very well,’ your servant is safe. But if he becomes quite angry, you can be sure he has planned some harm.
8. Do this kindness for your servant because of the Lord’s covenant into which you brought us: if I am guilty, kill me yourself! Why should you give me up to your father?”