Accordingly Amasa set out to summon Judah, but delayed beyond the time set for him.
You are my brothers, you are my bone and flesh. Why should you be last to restore the king?’
Then David said to Abishai: “Sheba, son of Bichri, may now do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and take shelter while we look on.”
He waited seven days, until the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come, and the army deserted Saul.
The next morning Jonathan, accompanied by a young boy, went out into the field for his appointment with David.