Jonathan said to David, “I will do anything you want me to do.”
But David answered, “Your father knows very well that I am your friend. Your father said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know about it. If he knows, he will tell David.’ But as sure as you and the Lord are alive, I am very close to death!”
Then David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon Feast. [172] I am supposed to eat with the king. But let me hide in the field until the evening.