6. If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
7. If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.
8. Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
9. And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
10. Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?
11. And Jonathan said unto David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.