1 Samuel 20:8-17 So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

Geneva⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? ⁹ And Ionathan answered, God keepe that from thee: for if I knewe that wickednesse were concluded of my father to come vpon thee, would not I tell it thee? ¹⁰ Then said Dauid to Ionathan, Who shall tell me? how shall I knowe, if thy father answere thee cruelly? ¹¹ And Ionathan sayde to Dauid, Come and let vs goe out into the fielde: and they twaine went out into the fielde. ¹² Then Ionathan sayde to Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, when I haue groped my fathers minde to morow at this time, or within this three dayes, and if it be well with Dauid, and I then send not vnto thee, and shewe it thee, ¹³ The Lord doe so and much more vnto Ionathan: but if my father haue minde to doe thee euill, I will shew thee also, and sende thee away, that thou mayest goe in peace: and the Lord be with thee as he hath bene with my father. ¹⁴ Likewise I require not whiles I liue: for I dout not but thou wilt shew me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not. ¹⁵ But I require that thou cut not off thy mercie from mine house for euer: no, not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the earth. ¹⁶ So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies. ¹⁷ And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule)