1 Samuel 20:8-17 And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father? ⁹ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should know for certain that evil were determined on by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee? ¹⁰ Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell it me? or what, if thy father answer thee roughly? ¹¹ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, let us go out into the field. And they went out, both of them, into the field. ¹² And Jonathan said unto David, May the God of Israel punish me if, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or of the third day, and, behold, if he be good toward David, I do not then send unto thee, and inform thee of it. ¹³ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father to do thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. ¹⁴ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die? ¹⁵ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth. ¹⁶ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies. ¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.