I shot at the sure time.

And, behold, I will send the lad: Go, seek the arrows. And if I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows lie behind thee hither; go and fetch them: come, for there is peace, and no hurt, as the LORD liveth.

And if I say unto the young man, Behold, the arrows lie before thee thither: go thy way, for the LORD hath let thee go.

And whatsoever thou and I have spoken together, the LORD is between me and thee for ever.

And David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon was come, the king sat down to meat.

And when the king was set in his place, as he was set before, against the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side. And David was missed in his place.

And Saul spake nothing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, that he is not clean.

And it came to pass on the second day of the new moon, when David was missed in his place, that Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Why is not the son of Jesse come to the table, either yesterday or to day?

And Jonathan said unto Saul, He besought me that he would go to Bethlehem, 29. And he said, Let me go, for our family hath sacrifices to offer in the city, and my brother hath commanded me himself: now therefore if I have found grace in thine eyes, I will go away, and see my brethren. Therefore he came not to the king’s table.

And Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou rebellious wicked man! I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to be a reproach unto thee and to thy wicked mother.

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not stand, neither shall thy kingdom. Send therefore, and bring him to me; for he must die.

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Why should he die? What hath he done?

And Saul shot the spear at him, and speared him. And Jonathan perceived that it was fully determined with his father to slay David.

And he arose from the table in fierce wrath, and did eat no bread the next day of the new moon: for he was grieved for David, because his father condemned him so.

And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field, whither he had appointed David, and a little lad with him.

And said unto the lad: Run, and find me the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow at him.

And when the lad came to the place whither Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called after him, and said, The arrow lieth thither before thee.

And called after him again: Make haste, and stand not still. And the lad of Jonathan gathered up the arrows, and brought them unto his lord.

And the lad knew not: but Jonathan and David knew the matter.

And Jonathan gave his weapon unto his lad, and said unto him, Go and carry it into the city.

And when the lad was come in, David arose out of the place about noon, and fell on his face
to the ground, and worshipped three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another; but David most of all.

And Jonathan said unto David, Go in peace. That which we both have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, shall stand for ever.

And Jonathan arose, and came into the city.
(1 Samuel)
Chapter 21
David starves, flees, and dissembles.

And David came to Nobe unto Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was amazed, when he met David, and said unto him, Why comest thou alone, and is there no man with thee?

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king commanded me a thing, and said unto me, Let no man know why I have sent thee, or what I have commanded thee. For I have also sent my sons hither or thither.

Now if thou hast any under thine hand, one loaf, or five, deliver them into my hand, or whatsoever thou findest.

And the priest answered David, and said: I have no common bread under my hand, but holy bread; if only the boys had abstained from women!

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, The women were barred unto us three days, when I went forth; and the lad’s seed was holy: but if this way be unholy, it shall be sanctified this day in the witness.

Then the priest of the holy place gave him, because there was no other bread than the shewbread that was laid up before the LORD, to lay up other fresh bread that day, when he had taken it away.

And there was that day a man shut up before the LORD of the servants of Saul, whose name was Doeg, an Edomite, the mightiest of the shepherds of Saul.

And David said unto Ahimelech, Is there not here under thine hand a spear or a sword? I have not taken my sword and weapons with me; for the king’s cause was urgent.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou smote in the valley of the oak, is here, wrapped in a cloak behind the ephod. If thou wilt have the same, take it: for there is none else here but this. And David said, There is none like it: give it me.

And David arose and fled from before Saul, and came to Achish king of Gath.

And the servants of Achish said unto him, This is David king of the land, of whom they sang in the round dance, saying, Saul slew a thousand, and David ten thousand.

And David took the speech to heart, and was sore afraid of Achish king of Gath.

And he disguised his gesture before them, and rolled under their hands, and thrust himself at the door of the gate, and his jealousy flowed into his beard.

Then said Achish unto his servants: Behold, ye see that the man is foolish: wherefore have ye brought him unto me?

Have I not enough of the foolish, that ye have brought this one to run beside me? Shall he come into my house?
(1 Samuel)
Chapter 22
Saul has eighty-five priests killed by the traitor Doeg.

And David went from thence, and escaped into the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren heard it, and all his father’s house, they came down unto him there.

And there were gathered unto him all manner of men that were in distress, and in debt, and of a grieved heart: and he was chief of them; and there were with him about four hundred men.

And David went from thence unto Mizpeh, into the land of Moab, and said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother go out and come in unto you, until I know what God will do unto me.

And he left them before the king of Moab, to abide with him all the days that David was in the castle.

And Gad the prophet said unto David, Dwell not in the castle, but go and come into the land of
Judah. So David went, and came into the forest of Hareth.

And it came to pass before Saul, that David and the men that were with him came forth. And it came to pass, as Saul dwelt in Gibeah under a grove in Ramah, that he had his spear in his hand, and all his servants stood by him.

And Saul said unto his servants that sat by him: Hear, ye children of Jemini, the son of Jesse also shall give you all the fields and vineyards, and make you rulers over thousands and over hundreds,

That ye have all joined yourselves together against me; and is there none that hath made it known unto mine ears, because my son also hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse? Is there none of you whom it grieveth for me, and revealeth it unto mine ears? For my son hath raised up my servant against me, to come after me as it is in the day.

And Doeg the Edomite, which stood by Saul’s servants, answered and said: I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nobe to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

And he asked the LORD for him, and gave him meat, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

And the king sent and called Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were at Nobe. And they came all unto the king.

And Saul said, Hear, thou son of Ahitub. And he said, Here am I, my lord.

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye made a covenant against me, thou and the son of Jesse, to give him bread and a sword, and to ask God for him, that thou shouldest raise him up to pursue me, as it is in the day?

And Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is there among all thy servants, but David, that is faithful, and the king’s son in law, and walketh in thy obedience, and is kept in thy house in glory?

Have I but this day begun to ask God for him? Be it far from me! Let not the king lay these things upon his servant in all my father’s house: for your servant has known nothing of all this, small or great.

And the king said, Ahimelech, thou must surely die, thou, and all thy father’s house.

And the