9. Then Jonathan said, “Far be it from you. For if I indeed knew that my father had determined evil against you, would I not tell it you?”
10. David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me? Or what if your father answers you roughly?”
11. So Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” And the two of them went out to the field.
12. Then Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is witness. When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or by the third day, and if he is favorable toward David, then will I not send and reveal it to you?