3. I, however, will go out and stand beside my father in the countryside where you are, and will speak to him about you. If I learn anything, I will let you know.”
4. Jonathan then spoke well of David to his father Saul, telling him: “The king should not harm his servant David. He has not harmed you, but has helped you very much by his deeds.
5. When he took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and the Lord won a great victory for all Israel, you were glad to see it. Why, then, should you become guilty of shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?”
6. Saul heeded Jonathan’s plea and swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”
7. So Jonathan summoned David and repeated the whole conversation to him. He then brought David to Saul, and David served him as before.
8. When war broke out again, David went out to fight against the Philistines and inflicted such a great defeat upon them that they fled from him.