37. The boy ran to the place where Jonathan’s arrow fell, but Jonathan called, “The arrow is beyond you!”
38. Then he shouted, “Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and brought it back to his master.
39. (The boy knew nothing about what this meant; only Jonathan and David knew.)
40. Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and told him, “Go back to town.”
41. When the boy left, David came out from the south side of the rock. He bowed facedown on the ground before Jonathan three times. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other and cried together, but David cried the most.
42. Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace. We have promised by the Lord that we will be friends. We said, ‘The Lord will be a witness between you and me, and between our descendants always.’ ” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to town.