12. Then Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I shall have asked my father tomorrow at this time or after tomorrow and, behold, if there is good toward David and I then do not send unto thee and show it to thee,
13. the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do thee evil, then I will show it to thee and send thee away that thou may go in peace; and the Lord be with thee as he has been with my father.
14. And if I live, thou shalt show me the mercy of the Lord, but if I am dead,
15. thou shalt not cut off thy mercy from my house for ever. When the Lord has cut off one by one the enemies of David from the face of the earth, remove even Jonathan from thy house if I fail thee and require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
16. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David.
17. And Jonathan swore unto David again because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18. Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new moon, and thou shalt be missed because thy seat will be empty.
19. And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the work and shalt remain by the stone Ezel;
20. and I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof as though I shot at a mark.
21. And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, then come thou, for there is peace unto thee and no hurt, as the Lord lives.