4. Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
5. David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
6. If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
7. If he says, ‘It is well;’ your servant shall have peace: but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
8. Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”
9. Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
10. Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
11. Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
12. Jonathan said to David, “By the Lord, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good towards David, won’t I then send to you, and disclose it to you?