15. but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.”
16. So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The Lord will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
17. Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18. Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
19. When you have stayed three days, go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
20. I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
21. Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come; for there is peace to you and no danger, as the Lord lives.
22. But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for the Lord has sent you away.