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So be kind to your servant. For you have brought me into an agreement of the Lord with you. But if I am guilty, kill me yourself. For why should you bring me to your father?"

Jonathan made David promise again, by his love for him. For he loved him as he loved his own life.

Then I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.' If I say to the boy these words, ‘See, the arrows are on this side of you, get them!' then you may come. For it is safe for you and there is no danger, as the Lord lives.

But if I say to the boy, ‘See, the arrows are farther away,' then go, for the Lord has sent you away.

As for the agreement you and I have spoken, see, the Lord is between you and me forever."

But Saul did not say anything that day. For he thought, "Something has happened to him. He is not clean. For sure he is not clean."

As long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you and the power you would have as king will not last. So send for him and bring him to me. For he must die."

Jonathan rose from the table very angry. He did not eat any food on the second day of the new moon. For he was filled with sorrow for David, because his father had brought shame upon him.

Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace. For we have promised each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord will be between me and you, and between my children and your children forever.'" Then David got up and left, and Jonathan went into the city.

And David told the religious leader, "For sure women have been kept from us while we have traveled. The bodies of the young men are holy even on everyday trips. How much more they are today!"

So the religious leader gave him holy bread. For there was no bread there but the bread before the Lord. It was taken from before the Lord, so hot bread could be put in its place.

The religious leader said, "The sword is here that belonged to Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah. See, it is behind the linen vest, with a cloth around it. Take it, if you will. For it is the only one here." And David said, "There is none like it. Give it to me."

David went from there to Mizpah of Moab. He said to the king of Moab, "I beg of you, let my father and mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me."

For all of you have made plans against me. No one lets me know when my son makes an agreement with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or lets me know that my son has caused my servant to be against me and hide and wait, as it is this day."

Is today the first time that I have asked things of God for him? No! Do not let the king do anything wrong to his servant or any of those of my father's family. For your servant knows nothing at all about this."

But the king said, "You will die for sure, Ahimelech, you and all those of your father's family!"

David said to Abiathar, "I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would be sure to tell Saul. I am to blame for the death of every person in your father's family.

Stay with me. Do not be afraid. For he who wants to kill me wants to kill you. But you are safe with me."

Then David asked the Lord again. The Lord answered him, "Get ready and go down to Keilah. For I will give the Philistines into your hand."

When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, he said, "God has given him to me. For he has shut himself in by going into a city with iron gates."