And Jonathan said, Let it be far from you: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell it to you?
But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I pray you, be careful until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and what I see, that I will tell you.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, seeing that we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendents and your descendents for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: nevertheless, if there be in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?