32. “But why should he be put to death?” Jonathan asked his father. “What has he done?”
33. Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.
34. Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father’s shameful behavior toward David.
35. The next morning, as agreed, Jonathan went out into the field and took a young boy with him to gather his arrows.
36. “Start running,” he told the boy, “so you can find the arrows as I shoot them.” So the boy ran, and Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
37. When the boy had almost reached the arrow, Jonathan shouted, “The arrow is still ahead of you.
38. Hurry, hurry, don’t wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.
39. He, of course, suspected nothing; only Jonathan and David understood the signal.